John Adams Quotes
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
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Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.
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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
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Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.
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While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider.
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I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.
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'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.
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You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be.
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I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.
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Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.
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What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?
