Wendy McElroy Quotes
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Respect for women was a very important part of my upbringing.
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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'OLTL' has now allowed me to sing through the character as Blair. If you've followed my 20-some-odd-year career, you know I am a singer.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.
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I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures.
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I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
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I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.
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All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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The Farmer will never be happy again;He carries his heart in his boots;For either the rain is destroying his grainOr the drought is destroying his roots.
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Lying on stained wretched sheets with the bleeding virgin, we could plan a murder...or start a religion.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, their own. For those with the eyes to see and the heart to feel, it remains a rich and complex topography of the spirit.
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Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'
