Dave Pelzer Quotes
Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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Honestly, since the Diane Sawyer piece, every day it's like, it's exciting to go to the mailbox... Because I get letters every day from all of these people from all over the world.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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If I wasn't in fashion, I would have been a psychiatrist.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.
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With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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I'm the sort of person who would be perfectly happy spending an entire day in a rare books room.
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The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could purchase it, its tone might turn around.
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Trust in thine own untried capacity As thou wouldst trust in God himself. Thy soul Is but an emanation from the whole. Thou dost not dream what forces lie in thee, Vast and unfathomed as the grandest sea.
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We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.
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The Statist has an insatiable appetite for control. His sights are set on his next meal even before he has fully digested his last. He is constantly agitating for government action. And in furtherance of that purpose, the Statist speaks in the tongue of the demagogue, concocting one pretext and grievance after another to manipulate public perceptions and build popular momentum for the divestiture of liberty and property from its rightful possessors.
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Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.
