Chet Atkins (Mr. Guitar) Quotes
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, then we must find them, befriend them and support them.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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I knew very early on that I wasn't Brad Pitt.
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People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.
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The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went down the black hole, which also happened at the end of the Reagan administration.
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I like to work.
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I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called.
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I don't think I'm better than everyone else at anything, but I am very quick at organizing a big mass of interview tape into a structure.
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The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
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I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. I'm really anal about it, actually.
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Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
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I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.
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Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.
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Audiences need to keep demanding shows with strong female leads.
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I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I’m truly persuasive.
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People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.
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Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
