Gary Ackerman Quotes
Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
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I've always loved to sing with somewhat vague lyrics so people can have their own interpretation and find their own meaning with it. I've become a bit more comfortable speaking about personal matters within the lyrics, but at the same time, there is an element where I'm not always sure how far I want to take it. There are certain topics that I'm discussing that I haven't explicitly explained to my bandmates. That's just for me to know, and I'm not going to talk about it anywhere.
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I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most.
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It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.
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Are not the gays who seek the right to marry, to formalise their commitment to each other, holding up a mirror to heterosexuals who are marrying less frequently and divorcing more often?
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Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
