Bing Crosby Quotes
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.
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I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.
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'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
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I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.
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When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.
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Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
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Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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Awe and respect are two different things.
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Every field piece I did on 'The Daily Show' was a story that lasted five to six minutes. We had a protagonist, we had an antagonist and often put them at odds. We knew the story we wanted to tell before we went in, and often it was about plugging whatever character you have - in this case, a real person - into said part.
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I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one.
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My golf is woeful but I will never surrender.
