Gary Ackerman Quotes
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
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I love cycling.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.
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I said that America’s role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.
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There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.
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There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.
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I'm not the 'rappity-rapper' type dude. All my music is really true. I can't just rap about nothing, just metaphors and putting words together. I can't just smash out material like other guys. I just want my albums to be crazy every time I drop one.
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I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
