Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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Shouldn't the cascades of extinction and rapid planetary warming register in our literature?
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True greatness merely refuses to change in the face of bad actions against one—and a truly great person loves his fellows because he understands them.
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Nothing has ever touched on what fun childhood was. Summer holidays were bliss. We made home movies, with real stories in them. My father had such charm and charisma, and made everything so funny.
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We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.
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Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Even the word 'cancer' brings back the nausea and pain, the fear I felt, and the heartbreak I saw in my parents' faces. The smells that fill hospitals and the constant tired feeling that comes with treatment are also permanently stuck in my memory.
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I know what feeling broke feels like real well. I know that real well.
