Reid Ribble Quotes
My first campaign was pretty ugly: the incumbent came after me hard with a lot of things that weren't true.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country's most disadvantaged schools.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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One immutable trait of the gullible is that they are credulous to a fault. Though no-doubt well-meaning, the naive are Trump's base.
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My songs are about who I am.
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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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There were times when we didn't have hot water or a phone line. But I guarantee you, we always had cable, and it was always on.
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What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
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We were all hit with sticker shock: $87 billion is a huge number.
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I have not been without battle. Bitter affliction was frequent Between me and my cousins. Frequent trials fell Between me and my fellow-countrymen. There was frequent contention Between me and the wretched.
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People on Twitter can follow tech if they're interested in tech, or business if they're interested in business, or they can follow celebrities that they're fans of.
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The Big Valbowski is a lot like a Hakeem Olajuwan, either he's taking the hook shot from the outside or driving down the lane on the inside, he always scores!
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
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My first campaign was pretty ugly: the incumbent came after me hard with a lot of things that weren't true.
