Page McConnell Quotes
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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I think I'm pretty fearless. I like to try things at least once, things that I never thought that I would try.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I just feed off the energy of the audience.
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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
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England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be.
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I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.
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I worked in videogames for 16 years before writing my first book in 2009.
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Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.
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I've been a skier since I was 2 or 3, skiing with my dad in northern New York and Vermont.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
