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“I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.”

“I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces - with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way government sticks its nose in everything, now.”

Way Matter Government Politics Force Position Sick Police Court Sticks Noses Internals Armed Forces

Author:Robert A. Heinlein

“I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.”

Persons Doe Would Be Roles Teacher Influence Example Youth Mom Models My Mom Role Models Good Person Counselor

Author:Carrie Underwood

“I would say that my strength is my speed and my ability to win head balls.”

Winning Ability Balls Speed

Author:Steve Purdy

“I would say that nerds, as a rule, are much more sexually active than the average person. There's a lot of anxiety and stress in the nerd brain, so sex is good for that.”

Persons Sex Brain Anxiety Stress Average Active Nerd Sexually Average Person

Author:Chris Hardwick

“I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.”

People Doe Important Matter Whole Hands Fall Leader Vision Careers Hard Work Harder All Time Empires Falling Apart Going To Work Work Harder

Author:Skylar Grey

“I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory.”

People Humans Stills Happens Ability Alive Rights Happened Dangerous Expression Thirds Human Rights Territory Freedom Of Thought Freedom Of Expression Gestapo

Author:Ray McGovern

“I would say that now I'm somebody who goes to church.”

Church

Author:Jim Gaffigan

“I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.”

Knows Motivation Special Shapes Athlete Expected Special Gifts

Author:Holt McCallany

“I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.”

Would Be Wish Outgoing

Author:Ratan Tata

“I would say that our patients never really despair because of any suffering in itself! Instead, their despair stems in each instance from a doubt as to whether suffering is meaningful. Man is ready and willing to shoulder any suffering as soon and as long as he can see a meaning in it.”

Men Long Suffering Doubt Willing Ready Despair Patient Meaningful Shoulders Instance Existential Stem

Author:Viktor E. Frankl

“I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life.”

Thinking Trying Character Lost Struggle Get Back Questioning

Author:Lee Tergesen

“I would say that reproductive freedom comes first, then violence and economics.”

Firsts Violence Economics

Author:Gloria Steinem

“I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the way he fights makes people so excited.”

People Way Littles Guy Fighting Excited Tiny Roger Federer Pacquiao

Author:Wladimir Klitschko

“I would say that since I was nine years old I've always wanted to write and direct horror movies and action movies. There's never been a time in my life where that wasn't all I wanted to do.”

Writing Years Action Wanted Horror Direct Nine Nine Years Action Movie

Author:Jay Baruchel

“I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.”

People Years Mind Helping Social Church Ten Injustice Helping Others Twelve Social Work Unitarian Unitarian Church

Author:Roger Nash Baldwin

“I would say that teleology is theology, and that God is not a "because," but rather an "in order to.”

Order Theology

Author:Miguel de Unamuno

“I would say that the emblematic photographic image is a picture from inside a room looking out. I think this defines photography. It's the metaphor for the notion of first sight. What one saw first.”

Thinking Firsts Rooms Saws Photography Sight Notion Metaphor

Author:Robert Polidori

“I would say that the emotional content of the film [Swiss Army Man] took me by surprise, and sometimes I would probably want to capture the unique tone of it.”

Men Want Sometimes Film Emotional Unique Army Surprise Tone Capture Swiss

Author:Paul Dano

“I would say that the evocative qualities of music are usually put there in post-production in the reverb. It's really not much about the musicians as the engineering. It's post-production that's being done by the musician at the time.”

Done Quality Musician Productions Posts Engineering Being Done Post Production

Author:Stephin Merritt

“I would say that the key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be no, we cannot continue to do it alone; we need to work in coalition.”

Needs Would Be Keys Doctrine Administration Coalitions

Author:Bernie Sanders

“I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.”

Thinking World Real Moving Natural Style Produce Singing India Complexes Patterns Singers Indian Indian Music

Author:Miguel

“I would say that the off-frame effect in photography results from a singular and definitive cutting-off which figures castration and is figured by the click of the shutter.”

Results Cutting Effects Figures Photography Clicks Shutters Cutting Off Castration

Author:Christian Metz

“I would say that the one incredible thing that Karachi has going for it is the unabated supply of new migrants that pour into it day after day. It could be a poor factory worker who simply wants a job, it could be an ambitious guy coming for an education - they all add hope and vibrancy to the city. Now, this is not something that is generally taken as positive in Karachi. But the hope is that the migration that comes into the city replenishes its stores of resilience and energy.”

Guy Energy Poor Taken Incredibles Resilience Ambitious

Author:Steve Inskeep

“I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the 'The New York Times' and 'The Washington Post' and other newspapers from publishing papers that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.”

Important War Government Secret Cases Study New York Involved Paper Block Posts Vietnam Papers New York Times Pentagon

Author:Floyd Abrams

“I would say that the people, largely, who I met were Democrats. But really it's what - people want to change the country. They think that the Democratic Party is the vehicle. But let's face it, if the Democratic Party does not respond and Hillary Clinton does then not go forth and implement the things she supports now if she's elected president, the Democratic Party will lose a lot of people.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Doe Country Faces President Loses Party Support Mets Democratic Clinton Democrat Vehicle Democratic Party

Author:Jonathan Tasini

“I would say that the powerful, revolutionary thing about Jesus' message is that he says, 'What do you do with the people that aren't like you? What do you do with the Other? What do you do with the person that's hardest to love?' . . . That's the measure of a good religion, is - you can love the people who are just like you; that's kind of easy. So what Jesus does is takes the question and talks about fruit. He's interested in what you actually produce. And that's a different discussion. How do we love the people in the world that are least like us?”

People World Kind Persons Doe Different Jesus Easy Powerful Produce Like You Messages Fruit Hardest Discussion Revolutionary

Author:Rob Bell

“I would say that the quality of each man's life is the full measure of that man's commitment of excellence and victory - whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you.”

Men Government Life Is Quality Football Victory Commitment Excellence

Author:Vince Lombardi

Source: What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership

“I would say that the race of Hillary Clinton was very important to this country, because it showed that a woman could win the state, that a woman could raise money. I think that every woman is sitting a little taller, not only in our own country, but I think women around the world watch what's happening in the United States.”

Thinking World Important Country Winning Clinton

Author:Carolyn Maloney

“I would say that the single most important conclusion I reached, after traveling through Japan, as well as countless hours reading, studying, and analyzing this fascinating culture, is that you should always tighten the cap on the shampoo bottle before you put it in your suitcase.”

Should Wells Important Culture Reading Hours Cities Study Conclusion Fascinating Japan Bottles Caps Analyzing Suitcases Shampoo

Author:Dave Barry

Source: Dave Barry Does Japan

“I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.”

Men Love Inspiration Joy Pleasure Marriage Style Husband Dignity Harmony Maturity Spouse Measure Of A Man Harmony In Music

Author:Benjamin Spock

“I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.”

People Has Beens Helping Suffering Realizing Independent Oneself Circles Thrust Arriving Be Here Now

Author:Ram Dass

“I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.”

Problem America Mistake Priorities Latin Somewhere Else Latin America Overlooked

Author:Sebastian Pinera

“I would say that the Vietnamese should remember that they didn't have exactly the same mobility the way the Americans have. They didn't have the same kind of equipment that the Americans have and that they have to fight their own war.”

Way Should Kind War Remember Fighting Equipment Mobility Vietnamese

Author:Bui Diem

“I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.”

Thinking Light Young Wise Filled West Ancient Hopeful Very Wise

Author:Richard Gere

“I would say that the writers I like and trust have at the base of their prose something called the English sentence. An awful lot of modern writing seems to me to be a depressed use of language. Once, I called it "vow-of-poverty prose." No, give me the king in his countinghouse. Give me Updike.”

Giving Writing Use Seems Language Poverty Modern Kings Give Me Sentences Awful Prose Vow Use Of Language

Author:Martin Amis

“I would say that there are a lot of people who currently disagree with the death penalty, I just hope that it's never one of their family members that is killed, because then they will probably change their mind on capital punishment.”

People Mind Disagree Death Penalty Capital Punishment

Author:John Cabello

“I would say that there exists a thousand unbreakable links between each of us and everything else, and that our dignity and our chances are one. The farthest star and the mud at our feet are a family; and there is no decency or sense in honoring one thing, or a few things, and then closing the list. The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves-we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together, we are each other's destiny.”

World Way Together Stars Chance Destiny Risk One Thing Tree Feet Thousand Rivers Dignity Lists Links Mud Decency Closing Chances Are Unbreakable Leopards Pine Trees

Author:Mary Oliver

“I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do.”

Author:Gordon Hempton

“I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.”

Able Architecture Chains Crucial

Author:Rafael Moneo

“I would say that to vote for Trump was to at least overlook the fact that we're talking about someone with a record of misogyny and racist invective. And so that is what is troubling to a lot of people and that's what makes this election, among other things, makes this election very different than others is that those good, decent people over - at least overlooked a very, very sorry record of prejudice.”

People Different Vote Prejudice Election Sorry Decent Racist Misogyny

Author:Jeffrey Goldberg

“I would say that today the real support for State power and totalitarianism comes from the Communist parties and the Socialist parties and, where they are sizable, the Trotskyist groups. They are the ones that really frighten me.”

Real States Today Party Support Groups Communist Socialist Totalitarianism Communist Party Socialist Party

Author:Murray Bookchin

“I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.”

People Today Honest Honesty Balance Exception Dishonesty Not Honest

Author:Frank Zappa

Source: Real Frank Zappa Book

“I would say that we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible. Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.”

World Way Might Care Games Player Involved Medicine Take Care Stigma

Author:Pete Carroll

“I would say that we like to disguise our heartbreaks with happier melodies.”

Melody Disguise

Author:Aino Jawo

“I would say that what the value of talking about and thinking about a dome over Manhattan is that [Buckminster] Fuller has identified a scale of action I think is actually really compelling.”

Thinking Action Values Talking Scales Compelling Manhattan Domes Buckminster Fuller

Author:Jonathon Keats

“I would say that what's been mobilized to this point - something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required.”

Knows Would Be Order Figures Thousand Hundred Soldier

Author:Eric Shinseki

“I would say that whatever happens down the line, that Quicksilver vanishes from the movies, I don't know. At this point it is the beginning of him coming into the group and being a force that fights evil. It's pretty sweet.”

Knows Happens Fighting Evil Force Lines Groups Sweet Whatever Happens

Author:Evan Peters

“I would say that when I came into this chapter of my filmmaking career, starting with 'The Fighter,' there was this sense that you have to go from your instincts and you have to go from your gut, and you have to not hesitate and you have to not hedge.”

Careers Instinct Starting Fighter Guts Chapters Filmmaking

Author:David O. Russell

“I would say that when I write prose I'm a more socially responsible person. I'm much more a citizen of the world. But the instability of the poetry, the emotional jaggedness, is also me.”

World Writing Persons Emotional Citizens Responsible Prose Instability Responsible Person

Author:Vijay Seshadri

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