Core Quotes - Page 37

• The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

  Lewis Black

  Heart, Giving, Mind

  "Lewis Black Is No Judge Judy". Interview with Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. March 11, 2008.

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• I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

  John Boehner

  Jobs, Dad, Father

  "Friends say the real John Boehner nothing like his 'insider' image" by Padmananda Rama and Brianna Keilar, www.cnn.com. November 7, 2010.

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• The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet!

  Robert Browning

  Eye, Kissing, Romantic Love

  Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.667, Wordsworth Editions

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• Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.

  Candace Cameron

  Selfish, Foundation, Honest

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.

  Nicolas Cage

  Roots, Acting, World

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• Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.

  Kris Carr

  Thinking, People, Magic

  "How to Do Less and Live More" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.

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• The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly.

  Benjamin Carson

  Together, Empires, Moral

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• The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in some way. Apart from things like the murder ballads, the songs I write, at their core, are quite ordinary human concerns, but the process of writing about them transforms them into something else.

  Nick Cave

  Song, Writing, Ideas

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• It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

  John Major

  Responsibility, Self, Law

  "Major gives seal of approval to Tories' right-wing agenda". The Sunday Times, October 9, 1993.

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• I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Running, Mean, Always Trying

  "Wynton Marsalis gives spirited take on jazz with 'Abyssinian Mass'". Interview with Jeremy D. Goodwin, www.bostonglobe.com. October 24, 2013.

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• The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

  John McCain

  Political, Consciousness, Embedded

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

  Christopher McCandless

  Adventure, Passion, Men

  In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992 in "Back to the Wild" by Chris McCandless and Mary Ellen Barnes, (2nd ed.), Twin Star Press, (pp. 135-137), 2013.

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• A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

  Jon Meacham

  Wise, Real, Political

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• The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

  Angela Merkel

  Groups, Asking, Enthusiasm

  Interview with Bertrand Benoit, Andrew Gowers, www.ft.com. July 20, 2005.

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• Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do.

  Tommy Mottola

  Loyalty, People, Giving

  “Tommy Mottola: What I've Learned” by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2013.

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• No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core of each of us that, that part which nobody can define but which we all recognize because it never changes.

  Anna Neagle

  Water, Solitude, Family And Friends

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• Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Journey, Spiritual Journey

  Henri J. M. Nouwen, Peter K. Weiskel (2006). “Love in a Fearful Land: A Guatemalan Story”

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• Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.

  Henri Nouwen

  Prayer, Goal, Fruit

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). “Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community”, Edicoes Loyola

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• Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity.

  Conan O'Brien

  Stars, War, Years

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• Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  History, Amendments, Framers

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• We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.

  Barack Obama

  Should Have, Principles, Bills

  Address on Signing Health Care Reform Bill into Law, delivered 23 March 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• My 'go to' workout is called the Asylum from Beach Body. It's intense training with lots of intervals, core work. It's hard! I travel a lot, so I can take it on the road with me and do it in a hotel room.

  Apolo Ohno

  Beach, Workout, Intense Training

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• You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.

  Donny Osmond

  Thinking, Hype, Islands

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• There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He's for us.

  Joel Osteen

  Belief, Plenty, Core Beliefs

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• The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.

  Rick Perry

  Believe, Thinking, Government

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