Chet Baker Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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Look good, feel good, play good.
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I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.
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Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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In order to lift a certain object from the ground, we have to use energy. But then to sustain it at that level, we have to keep on adding energy, or otherwise, the object falls to the ground. It's exactly the same thing with the sound.
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I believe in that gladiatorial mind-set. I love it.
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I'm not a journalist. I have not gone to school for this.
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A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine - it's everyone's. I wanted it to be a co-operative thing because I was tired of that anal control that I have over novels.
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It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives.
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Now you must practice to see something without allowing any thought to rise. Then you start sucking through your Spirit the beauty, the glory, the fragrance of a flower.
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I think I'm generally more inspired when I'm away from technology. Whether that is on a beach somewhere or just in your room with your phones and screens shut off, I think that quietness is often very inspiring.
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The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didn't know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.
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The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.
