Aimee Mullins Quotes
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We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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I'm a couch potato. I love to stay in and just watch a DVD with the missus. Or we all go over to Louis's house and watch 'X Factor.'
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen. I am just much more likely to try to link essays to webcasts or videos. The best way for these two media to move forward, to inform and make change, is in tandem; together they are more than the sum of their parts.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly.
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A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
