Kevin McCarthy Quotes
Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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The success of ISIS is largely tied to the safe haven it has in Syria.
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For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
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The change that I never fall into is the, 'I'm-above-you-look-at-me-do-stuff-for-me change.' The change that I'm hoping I get to is where I become wiser, smarter - where I put myself in situations that don't have a huge potential for disaster.
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When this vital part of each of us is not nurtured and allowed freedom of expression, a false or co-dependent self emerges.
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Vidal is determined to be a) in the thick of things, and b) above the fray. He knows everybody and he doesn't want to know anybody. He has had lovers by the thousand while doing 'nothing' - deliberately, at least - to please the other.
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People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.
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Being whip is working with members, educating them, and trying to move legislation forward.
