Matt Gonzalez Quotes

As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me.

Matt Gonzalez

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Perhaps faith is a faith in one's self, the belief that one wouldn't feel so moved by the encounter if it weren't divine, a trust in one's own deepest positive responses. To doubt it would involve a self-alienation.

Robert Nozick

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I recall saying that civil rights organizations, when they demand more than is legitimate, it hurts their position.

Jeff Sessions

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My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.

Merton Miller

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On one hand, the idea of sending pictures off into the vastness of space and time seems nonsensical. On the other, I felt like the gesture carried an enormous amount of responsibility.

Trevor Paglen

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Obviously in 2008 it was 538 (to win an Olympic gold) and most of my scores have been over that this year.

Tom Daley

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And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

Rosanne Cash

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Starting as a few bands of hunter-gatherers, humanity expanded the food resources afforded by the land a thousandfold through the development of agriculture.

Robert Zubrin

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I'm from Manhattan. I'm some Jewish girl from the Upper West Side.

Julia Garner

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I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.

Christopher Guest

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I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

Christian Slater

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I'm always calculating what I want to do, who I want to be, what I want to accomplish. I don't need to worry about that - that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

Chris Pine

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I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.

Colin Kaepernick

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