Richard K. Morgan Quotes
The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural malaise - mental illness or no - that everybody suffers from at some point in their life.
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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.
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A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
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I am proud that a majority of my law clerks have been women.
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America is this incredible mosaic of immigrants, so people really want to be anchored in some kind of culture as well as the one they are living in.
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For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'
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The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.
