Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
At the time, I was living pretty close to Ground Zero. I had to grab some necessary equipment, put it in my backpack, and flee the immediate proximity on my bike.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Life is like an analogy.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.
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I have no new voices - they've all been used.
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I don't try to be sexy, but I do want to look as good as I can.
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I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.
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In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.
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We have too many in Washington who are all too willing to just go along with the status quo and not make any waves.
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You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.
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Cornwall, peopled mainly by Celts, but with an infusion of English blood, stands and always has stood apart from the rest of England, much, but in a less degree, as has Wales.
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I studied at Howard. I studied at Oxford.
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At the time, I was living pretty close to Ground Zero. I had to grab some necessary equipment, put it in my backpack, and flee the immediate proximity on my bike.
