Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
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One time, I was posing on a car for a calendar shoot. I was doused with oil and literally slid off the car, bikini, heels and all!
Candace Kita
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I'm a very independent woman.
Faith Hill
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The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.
Jack Layton
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I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.
C. C. H. Pounder
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Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
Zadie Smith
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Ideologies are not defeated with guns, they’re defeated by better ideas - a more attractive and compelling vision.
Barack Obama
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If we had the government we deserved we would have the most righteous government, because we deserve the best - everybody does.
Marianne Williamson
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I wasn't sure what I expected her to do or say to this. It was all new to me from that second on. But clearly, she'd been there before. It was obvious in the easy way she shrugged off her bag, letting it fall with a thump onto the sand, before sitting down beside me. She didn't pull me close for a big bonding hug or offer up some saccharine words of comfort, both of which would have sent me running for sure. Instead she gave me nothing but her company, realizing even before I did this that this, in fact, was just what I needed.
Sarah Dessen
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Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society.
David Blunkett
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Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.
John Waters
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He was throwing stuff. He was pretty angry at halftime. I've never seen him like that before. And hopefully I won't see him like that again.
Bobby Frasor
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Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.
Charlie Parker