Rick Perry Quotes
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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I've lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.
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The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
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They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
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What I like most about Bolano is his courage.
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Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
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I am so inspired by new media.
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I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
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I'm basically nocturnal.
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The musket, always a muzzleloader, took minutes to reload; an archer could aim and fire up to a dozen arrows in a minute. Muskets required continual cleaning and repair; bows were quickly made and easily maintained.
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I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.
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At the beginning of each year, we have conceptual meetings. How are we going to challenge ourselves this year? So we suggested a transsexual or transgender. And to be honest, I am shocked they let us do it.
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I do not support raising the minimum wage, and the reason is as follows. When the minimum wage is raised, workers are priced out of the market. That is the economic reality that seems, at least so far, to be missing from this discussion.
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Putin doesn't conduct elections in the Western sense of elections. This is more accurately probably described as a plebiscite, where people are supposed to express their support for him. The Russian system is not unique in this respect, but it is rather interesting. Here, in the West, the impression that people have is that Putin runs the whole country. This is not so, at all. To a certain extent, you could say that he runs the Kremlin, and this means that it's, in some situations, hard to tell whether it's him running the Kremlin, or the people around him running him.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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Those of you that will be 21 by November the 12th, I ask for your support and your vote.
