S. Jay Olshansky Quotes
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.
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People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't.
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The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or buy, or cling to that will not change. And it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless.
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School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.
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The Iraqi people are capable of fighting to the victorious end which God wants... the blood of our martyrs will burn you!
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
