Rick Perry Quotes
My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.
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I am definitely still the same kid that I was picking up the guitar at 15. But, I have definitely learned to be more flexible and roll with the punches. It's such an unpredictable business to be in and it's insane how things change so last minute.
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The guest to me was always paramount.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool.
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I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family.
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I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist. They call me 'Slim Roethlisberger'!
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Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts.
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Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
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I'm such a grandma. I don't tweet; I don't have a Facebook page.
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At a certain point, Mike Tyson and I reacted to violence a little differently. I was afraid to leave my house for three years while he became the heavyweight champion of the world. The thing was, at first, we reacted to it the same way, and our cowardice and trauma defined us.
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Any kid in my position coming from being an All-American and all that wants to be the guy that makes all the plays coming into their freshman year.
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The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
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This simple form of repression, of using the method of not letting anyone speak, will never succeed.
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Women are complex and subtle. Men are simple and direct.
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Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.
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My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work.
