David Swanson Quotes
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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Over the years, I've heard a lot of people who don't feel that they have it in them to do anything creative. They shrug and claim that they 'have no talent.' They say things like, 'Don't quit your day job' or 'Leave it to the professionals.' In the steampunk subculture, I don't hear those things.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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Stop bragging about your lack of sweat and effort in achieving your goals. Start bragging about how hard you work, how patient you've become.
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The right tends to posit that the market fuels social good. The left tends to posit that the government fuels social good. At bottom, democracy claims that citizens drive social good, but there is currently no container for a political force-field that stakes claim to the unbelievable resources now virtually untapped in every man, woman, and child in our society.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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Activism has always been the driving force for change.
