Rich Mullins (Richard Wayne Mullins) Quotes
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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I've been engaged a couple times.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.
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I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy to millions of Britain's families - will hang like a millstone around the neck of the British people for years to come.
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I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the federal budget. Nobody, I think, sees that or would agree with that.
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It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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I somewhat resist the whole gay rights-vampire rights metaphor because it is fraught with problems. I don't want to be seen as a gay man as a blood-sucking killer. I don't think it is the way to win hearts and minds.
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Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers...
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If parents don't instruct their kids on the narrow boundaries of respectful behavior toward the opposite sex, their kids won't learn it anywhere else.
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Let people see your struggles and don't ever fake it.
