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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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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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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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.
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When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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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.
