James McGreevey Quotes

More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.

James McGreevey

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GoodChildTryingPerfectAchieve

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Anatoly Chubais

GovernmentI AmCityAcademicAm

More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.

Stephen Rodrick

FootballCollegeProfessionalGames

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Toni Morrison

WarPeopleBlackCountryClassUsed

I always loved the 'L.A. Weekly.' I totally looked up to it when Weezer was starting out, and I always wanted to be in it, and they always totally ignored us!

Rivers Cuomo

LovedAlwaysStartingOutUpWeekly

I love jewelry - gold and diamonds. I'm a woman.

Monica Bellucci

LoveWomanGoldJewelryDiamonds

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Liz Smith

ReputationYouBuildIntend

Statistics rarely drive me. Feelings, intuition, and gut instinct do.

Jason Fried

MeDriveStatisticsFeelingsGut

If I die and am worth $50 million as opposed to $3 billion, it is really not important.

Jorge M. Perez

DieWorthImportantMillionBillion

I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds.

Jon Scieszka

ChangeTimeSchoolMeBookNever

I started really noticing, more and more, how men will plagiarize and take credit for women's work... I've noticed that it just happens a lot.

Dolores Huerta

WorkWomenMenCreditWillMore

I have always been strong. My mentality is just that way; that's why I've been around so long.

David Silva

StrongLongWhyWayAlwaysBeen

When I'm winning, winning, winning with a certain way why would I mess with that? When I realised there was lot to be gained from failing in some people's eyes, it made it all the more interesting!

Bob Mould

EyesPeopleWinningInterestingWhy

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