Adam Giles Quotes
I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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I want to win football games.
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I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
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Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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The sacrifice of the brave men and women of the military and their families allows us to be safe, and we are grateful.
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The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.
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There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it.
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I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.
