R. Lee Ermey Quotes
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.
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I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.
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When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
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Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.
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I've had boxing gloves on since before I could walk and been in gyms all of my life.
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My fashion statement depends on my mood. I am more of a tomboy when dressing up, and I have never worn pink in my entire life.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.
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In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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The worst of misfortunes is still a stroke of luck, since one feels oneself living when one experiences it/
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I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
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Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.
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My feet are my foundation, and they should always feel good!
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One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.
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Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.
