Marion Barry Quotes
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I said we're going to leave phones, and so we did. We sold it to Sony.
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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Unlike most youngsters who have school as their 'second home' where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. When I am not playing a tournament, my days are spent at the Academy with my coaches, physiotherapists and colleagues, who are like family. We laugh and have so much fun.
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I'm definitely still wild at heart.
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Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.
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The ultimate, if distant, aim of the Bauhaus is the unified work of art - the great structure - in which there is no distinction between monumental and decorative art.
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To search for a pianist, it is very difficult; sometimes you find one.
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They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.
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Sex is a discovery.
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The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.
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The simple fact is that not enough people want to watch my program, and I owe it to myself and to CNN to get out of the way so that CNN can try something else.
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I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.
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We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
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I'm a realist and I always have been.
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I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self.
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I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset.
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As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
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I really believe that the raw ingredient of any creative business is the set of experiences that the team has, the set of skills. I think a simple fact is that if you have a different set of experiences based on how you grew up or how other people perceive you, or if you have a different set of skills, that will produce a better company.
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Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance.
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I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.
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Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.
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If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.
