Brandon Spikes Quotes
You want to have strong legs. You're in the trenches going against bigger guys in there, and you want to be able to have some force against them.
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I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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As soon as you write about climate change, the first attempt to discredit you is, 'Well, you wrote this on a computer,' or, 'You took a plane to this conference.' So your opinion isn't valid.
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The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
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The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.
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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
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I'm just living my life, and I'm not gonna live my life for other people.
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The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh.
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Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.
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Ive always been a champion of kids pursuing their dreams. But sometimes in life, extraordinary circumstances may force us to temporarily put our dreams on hold. The most important thing is to never lose sight of that dream, no matter what punches life may throw in our way.
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If you didn't keep a win-loss total, he'd still want to go out there. The guy wants the responsibility that comes with being as starting pitcher. 'This is my job.' I love that about Roger Clemens.
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A lot of times, people have forgotten about an album by the time it's released, because it leaked three months earlier. Very strange days we live in.
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What force is more potent than love?
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Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.
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Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.
