Lou Barletta Quotes
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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I'm an emotional person.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.
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There is that little compass within each one of us where we know what is right, what is just, what is good, what is true.
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I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.
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We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.
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Courting Peggy McGrath provided me with a very pleasant diversion and eventually with the most important relationship of my life.
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I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.
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I've been a voice for many people.
