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And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

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I'm a huge poster collector. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

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My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#doing #gave #get #going #gone

Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. ↗

— John Donne

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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. ↗

— John Donne

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Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up. ↗

— John Thune

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But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that. ↗

— Alan Vega

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Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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