Rick Mercer Quotes
I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.
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What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.
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I can't see the film industry coming to a grinding halt any time soon. I think we may be more open to negotiations and things like that, but I think the art world tends to thrive in times of recession.
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Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same way they come down on countries that trade with Iran and Cuba, we'd have no tax havens in the world.
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Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.
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I have to re-write a lot. I couldn't tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I've done at least twenty rewrites on each book.
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The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.
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I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.
