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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I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.
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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
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I was a little confused as a kid because I grew up with my mom, and my mom is black. So, I was cultured in a very 'black' way. But when I go to school, I'm getting called 'white.' They would look at me, and they would curse me out. I didn't understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades, and I was light. Now, I'm in a much bigger world.
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The price of an e-book is a lot less than the price that we're charging for a hardcover book. It's about the same as we charge for a paperback. And that means a different revenue stream.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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Different strokes, for different folks.
