Mike Vallely (Mike V) Quotes
I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.
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Alot of people ask me... Where the fuck I've been at the last few years? Shit, I don't know... But I do know I'm back now!
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I love the Capitol rotunda. It's just so big and so grand, and I love being in the Capitol at night when it's empty, and you can go stand in the Capitol rotunda and bask in the silence of history. You can sort of imagine all of the things that have happened inside that Rotunda from presidents lying in state to other important events.
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My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
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The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of historic events such as the continuing demonstrations against Iran's regime, it stuck devotedly to prior plans.
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We have developed contacts with five groups of insurgents. We are making these contacts in an attempt to bring them into the political process.
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the internet, and there's ways of throwing jabs and being inconsiderate and not having your manners.
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I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.
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The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!
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We want to go out there and smack Italy. I said to the boys ‘go out and give them a good hiding.'
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It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.
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I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.
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One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.
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...as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.
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For me, it being Queen is a responsibility that does not include abdication. It is a task one has been given and taken upon oneself, and one does not relinquish it because it would perhaps be convenient personally to be rid of some of it.
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I think our motto should be, post-9-11, 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'
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Patience is the art of hoping.
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If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.
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When I sing along with Britney Spears I will sing in an American accent. But eventually I found my own voice. My songs are so brutally honest, it would be alien to sing in any accent other than my own. Don't get me wrong - I can imitate singers. I can do bar mitzvahs and weddings.
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I do not subscribe to any rigid and mechanical rule ... I intend to be flexible and to learn from experience.
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Toil for the brave! The brave that are no more.
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Amazing uke playing to be relished.
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Taking the cure is going to be difficult for you. You have red hair—lots of energy, you’re quick, active, impatient. All bad for tuberculosis. Discipline will be hard for you. The cure of tuberculosis is all discipline.
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I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.
