Sly Stone Quotes
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I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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Doing 'Narcos' is a very, very important part of my life. I dedicated so much of my life to it.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.
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Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.
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I believe in music.
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If I weren't a tennis player, I'd probably be a psychologist.
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When I was younger, I had conversations with friends about wanting to create something different. Every young musician probably thinks that. But it's difficult to do, because there are only so many words, notes, melodies, songs. But as soon as I stopped thinking and started feeling, it worked. I didn't realize it till I was done.
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I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.
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There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records.
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Jamie Oliver's books are the best. I love Jamie. Bless him!
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Different strokes, for different folks.
