Ken Mehlman Quotes
I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government.
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I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.
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I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.
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I don't hunt big African game anymore.
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If you open up a magazine and there's a photograph of you with a giant red circle around your thigh, like, look at this cellulite, any person - I don't care what you do - would be mortified. It's no wonder people get crazy about it.
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On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.
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I really want people to understand that nobody is perfect and that things happen in life beyond our control.
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I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.
