Kirk Douglas Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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Whenever I go on the red carpet and I'm a bit nervous, I just say to myself the mantra, 'Come on Barbara, you gotta get those pictures posted on Instagram!' That's all I have in my mind, like, 'Look serious now, maybe give a little smile, but a cheeky one,' but in the end, it's never how it looks.
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I've been through a lot of moments when other people thought Bitcoin was going to implode, and in those instances, I generally have seen through inaccurate coverage of it.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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People tell me all the time that I must be so sad. I never was. It's just the way I sing.
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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
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I don't take a day off. I don't slack. All I know is hard-nose football. There ain't no breaks or vacations for me.
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The mentality has taken over because of the way we've promoted things. It's been accepted, to live with fear, and to fear that it's going to be terrible, prepare for the worst. The meat and potato of our existence right now is influenced by what happened after 9/11 - we put our thinking into protecting borders.
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Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.
