Eugene J. Martin Quotes
Because of guilt there is painful diversion; because of greed there is playful diversion; because of grass there is pleasurable diversion.
Quotes to Explore
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.
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When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
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My father always told me, 'Before you become a queen, you have to learn how to take care of your own things.' So I knew how to do all of it, but I had never really done it on a daily basis. So I was cleaning houses, and I started working restaurants.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.'
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I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.
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Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.
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I still don't like the word agnostic. It's too fancy. I'm simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people. Someone wrote a Wikipedia entry about me, identifying me as an atheist because I'd said in a book I wrote that I wasn't a believer. I guess in a world uncomfortable with uncertainty, an unbeliever must be an atheist, and possibly an infidel. This gets us back to that most pressing of human questions: why do people worry so much about other people's holding beliefs other than their own?
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This splendid subject [mathematics], queen of all exact sciences, and the ideal and norm of all careful thinking.
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I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.
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So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another.
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Writing is both my expression to the world and my way to hide from it - you get who I am without actually seeing me.
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The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.
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Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.
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Because of guilt there is painful diversion; because of greed there is playful diversion; because of grass there is pleasurable diversion.
