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It's interesting to have been on the one side a chaplain, intern in the prison system and now fighting to keep people out of prison.


Landon Adams

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SCOTT ADAMS The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with...
SCOTT ADAMS Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequ...
SCOTT ADAMS Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.
SCOTT ADAMS There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
SCOTT ADAMS The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryo...
SANDY ADAMS Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
SAMUEL ADAMS There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and wh...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes pr...
SAMUEL ADAMS You've got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know wh...
PATCH ADAMS I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really ...
BRYAN ADAMS I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.
BRYAN ADAMS I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, w...
BRYAN ADAMS A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
BRYAN ADAMS I never had a long-term plan.
BRYAN ADAMS I'm a complete and utter busker.
BRYAN ADAMS I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wan...
BRYAN ADAMS I moonlight as a singer.
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