Sam Mendes Quotes
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
Garth Brooks -
My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. -
The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
Barbara Demick -
We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
Edgardo Osorio -
What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.
Vanessa Marcil -
Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
Madisen Beaty
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
Aaron Neville -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
Gallant -
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
Madeleine Albright -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
Finn Jones
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
Lana Del Rey -
The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Adam Draper -
We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
Ville Valo HIM -
For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
Olga Fonda
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Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
Kate Adie -
I am a strong woman. I come from a background as a prosecutor.
Kimberly Guilfoyle -
I have really crooked teeth - they give me character!
Emma Roberts -
I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.
Brenda Lee -
I think it's very important to emphasize that there are many, many different educational institutions in what we call higher education, and they educate an enormous diversity of students. I think all of those institutions have to define particular roles for themselves; they can't do everything at once.
Derek Bok -
I don't think good and evil are polarized.
Sam Mendes