George W. Plunkitt Quotes
Some young men think they can learn how to be successful in politics from books, and they cram their heads with all sorts of college rot. They couldn’t make a bigger mistake.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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I don't think there's any difference in my passion than when I was a young coach. I hope somebody in some way realizes I could be an asset, but we'll just wait and see.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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If money was being invented now, it wouldn't be designed to look like cash or credit cards. It would look more like Bitcoin.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat.
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Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.
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One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
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The BBC is very prestigious from an American's perspective, so I'm a big fan of it.
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Some young men think they can learn how to be successful in politics from books, and they cram their heads with all sorts of college rot. They couldn’t make a bigger mistake.
