Eric Greitens Quotes
If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs,' like, fifty or sixty times. That's my favorite movie of all time.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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I love America a lot. I really do.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see it growing in some ways. I feel like most writers feel the same way. You're almost living inside of this magic world that you're building.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
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I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared.
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It's important for Republicans to nominate someone who not only has a vision of how to create jobs, but who has done it. That's why I am endorsing Texas Governor Rick Perry for President.
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You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.
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It's hard to dream when you're deep inside of one.
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If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.
