Rounds Quotes

• We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

  Mike Rounds

  Hard Work, Simple, Effort

  Michael Rounds' State of the State Address at the South Dakota State Capitol, legis.sd.gov. January 11, 2005.

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• As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.

  Mike Rounds

  People, Use, Gas

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• The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

  Mike Rounds

  Opinion, Court, Reversal

  "South Dakota bans most abortions". www.cnn.com. March 6, 2006.

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• But if the vision is strong enough, and your goals are steady, and you believe, pretty soon you bring other people with you.

  Mike Rounds

  Strong, Believe, People

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• Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

  Mike Rounds

  Marriage, Men, Done

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• The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over.

  Mike Rounds

  Important, Campaigns, Election

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• Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs.

  Mike Rounds

  People, Risk, Age

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• There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race.

  Mike Rounds

  Race, People, Today

  Michael Rounds' State of the State Address, legis.sd.gov. January 11, 2005.

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• The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round.

  Arnold Bennett

  Past, Yield, People

  Arnold Bennett, Edward Knoblock, Alan Alexander Milne, Novel Coward, Robert Cedric Sherriff (1951). “Modern Plays ...”

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• We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

  Robert Frost

  Clever, Philosophy, Secret

  Witness Tree (1942) "The Secret Sits"

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• There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

  Paul Auster

  Reality, World, Plaits

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• For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round" - 1 Nephi 10:19

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Inspirational, God, Christian

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• Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.

  Mikhail Naimy

  Patience, Thinking, Curves

  Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.174, Duncan Baird Publishers

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• And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

  Pete Wentz

  Inspirational, Moving On, Loyalty

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• Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.

  Aldous Huxley

  Squares, Social, Holes

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Once upon a time the world was round, and you could go on it around and around.

  Gertrude Stein

  Once Upon A Time, Goes On, World

  Gertrude Stein, Clement Hurd, Thacher Hurd (2013). “The World Is Round”, p.11, Harper Collins

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• Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Knowledge, Sun, Devotion

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi”, p.19, North Atlantic Books

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• I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

  Harold MacMillan

  Son, Way

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• You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better.

  Pauline Marois

  Shoes, Kicking It, People

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• Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?

  Rocky Marciano

  Boxing, Guy, Waltz

  "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.

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• What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

  Ian Mcewan

  Running, Two, Savages

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

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• All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Self, Ego, Mind

  Maharshi Ramana, Swami Saraswati Ramananda (1963). “Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi”

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• My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

  Cindy Margolis

  Thanksgiving, Kids, Years

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• Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

  John Motson

  Running, Brazil

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• I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. There's a reason why they're sometimes called fairy lights. When the night is right, there aren't any strings at all.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Home, Night, Light

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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