Mike Lee Quotes

The founding generation would be amazed. It would be surprised. I think it would be very impressed by what has happened since then in terms of our exploding population; in terms of the success of this country economically and otherwise.

Mike Lee

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Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the reader meets the authoritative, perfected self; in life, the writer is lumbered with the uncertain, imperfect one.

John Lahr

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Most great leaders in history that I've studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions.

John McCain

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I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

Ann Richards

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Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.

Jeannette Walls

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Writing about food is my default.

Ruth Reichl

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The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or turn them into hero, and both of those things suck, because most people are neither in real life.

Mike Rowe

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I used to live off of nothing.

Michael Pena

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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Louisa May Alcott

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My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

Janine Turner

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The war against terrorism is terrorism.

Woody Harrelson

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Spending on largely ineffective programs - although well intentioned - is a detriment to fostering real job growth.

Phil Gingrey

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Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.

Nicola Griffith

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