Fernando Pessoa Quotes
We never love someone. We just love the idea we have of someone. It's a concept of ours - summing up, ourselves - that we love.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt in college and then don't make it to the NFL and don't have insurance, and their entire lives are changed when they put their bodies on the line for their school.
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Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.
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I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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I've been dating since I was fifteen. I'm exhausted. Where is he?
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We never love someone. We just love the idea we have of someone. It's a concept of ours - summing up, ourselves - that we love.
