George Washington Quotes
I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.
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I like dialogue in novels. I wanted to avoid laying history on with a trowel - appearing to be lecturing, as opposed to the characters lecturing their children or students. Dialogue can humanise the story and make it go down somewhat more smoothly.
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I'm never funnier than when I'm heartbroken or terrified.
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Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.
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My love for football and the players are always very strong.
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Everybody has their opinion and they are going to critique you.
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I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.
