Nell Carter Quotes
I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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I love recording music.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE.
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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.
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America has lost the moral high ground with the rest of the world, and we have fewer allies as a result. President Bush and his administration have undermined the war on terror by using tactics outlawed by international treaty and condemned by even our closest friends.
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The thing is, you throw brains and souls into an animal and stir, you don’t really know what you’re going to get.
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There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting what they want. And there's a particular type in particular, the assertive negotiator: being understood is actually more important to them than actually making the deal.
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I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.
