Bert Lance Quotes
I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.
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I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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We started with things like locating ski runs or locating a transmission line corridor or locating a new town or doing a coastal zone plan. We ourselves weren't doing the planning work, but we were doing all the mapping work for the landscape architects and planners who would subsequently incorporate the maps into their actual designs.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
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I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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I also found being called Sir rather silly.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes.
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Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions, on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong.
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I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.
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Any kid in the world can draw from strengths within - we all have the potential with that.
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I've always believed that if you had a fellow who works 150 percent of the time, he's going to beat a fellow who works something less than that.
