Bertie Ahern Quotes
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
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So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.
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The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.
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When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.
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In the struggle against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, Pamela K. Martens is a latter-day Rosa Parks - a woman who, metaphorically speaking, refused to sit in the back of the bus.
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We are a breathtakingly alienated people... One of my props is the world's largest underpants. I've had the president of Costa Rica in my underpants with me.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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I guess I don't take my stardom too seriously. I think I am one of the guys.
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My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.
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I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that's part of football. That's like a firefighter knowing he is going to go into a fire at some point. You know you are going to be put in danger's way, and you accept that risk, and you do it.
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If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
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I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing.
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Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.
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That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety, our own security, depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.
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If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience.
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We were always dead against the war.
