J. C. Watts Quotes
Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.
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We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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The blockchain does one thing: It replaces third-party trust with mathematical proof that something happened.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.
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I'm in love with the markets of the world. It's a photograph of a city, a culture.
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If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.
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An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.
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The Inventor Of Google Glass Says It Could Outsource Our Brains
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Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.
