The only reason there is peace and order in Davao is because of me.
Rodrigo Duterte
Recitation: by Male by Female
My basic influence had probably been Peter Max.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
InfluenceBeenBasicMaxPeterHad
'Hairspray' maybe did change people's minds, and that's how you get your political enemies to change their minds - by making them laugh and making them look at something in a way they haven't seen it. Not by preaching and cutting them off and being a separatist.
John Waters
ChangePeopleLaughPoliticalLook
I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot; and that was how I dealt with it.
Amanda Hocking
SadGrowing UpGrowingReasonAlways
I'm too tall. I am 6ft 7in, so I've been most people's height at some point in my life, and 6ft 4in is the best. You're tall, but you don't have to bend when you go through a door.
Stephen Merchant
LifeBestI AmPeopleDoorMy Life
When you're making a print book in 2012, I actually think the onus is on you - and on your publisher - to make something that's worth buying in its physical edition.
Robin Sloan
BookThinkWorthYouBuyingPrint
If we are to assess the rationality of government expenditures to protect the lives of Americans through massive domestic surveillance, we need to compare this program to others aimed at saving American lives.
Robert Zubrin
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I never took a photograph. Instead, I became a good listener.
Ruth Bernhard
GoodNeverPhotographListenerTook
'Even Flow' is the best to play live because of the long solos. It starts out slow and builds, and, depending on what the audience does, I can reflect that in the solo.
Mike McCready
LiveBestSlowLongI CanPlay
Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony.
Jonathan Raban
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One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.
Donald Johanson
CommitmentYouAnythingSuccessful
I think a lot of the people who feel out of step with contemporary society or feel that they've been left back economically or feel disaffected and are drawn to the Republican Party, they are looking for a news source that will tell them something they would like to hear and then is reassuring, emotionally rewarding, and confirming.
Sheldon Whitehouse
StepPeopleSocietyLookingThink
I swam in the Great Barrier Reef when I was five months pregnant. I went on the bullet train in Japan, which was so much fun, and getting to see Mount Fuji. I did Mykonos and its black volcanic beach. Most of the fun times I've had have something to do with a vacation. I love traveling.
Shanola Hampton
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