Patrick McHenry Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.
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'SNL' is really hard to do when you're single and living alone. And then it's pretty tough when you're married, because you don't see your spouse.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.
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A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.
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I see so many people who are not keen on getting married because they are busy working and doing their own stuff. In fact even I thought I wouldn't get married, but then luckily, I met Nikitin, and everything changed for good.
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The people's desires have changed, but we're still stuck in our old issue set.
