Bill Mumy Quotes
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The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of intelligence and giving it to senior policymakers.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out, but people tend to think of me for that particular archetype, or whatever you want to call it, and I don't mind it. I think there is a strength to it.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.
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No computer or smartphone can ever be considered 100 percent 'safe.' We're all engaged in a perpetual battle with criminals and hostile governments trying to use computers and the Internet to steal information and identities.
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The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
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I came to Christ in my early 20s.
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We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.
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You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.
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It’s very nearly 1989 but it’s midnight in the Dark Ages just the thickness of a book away, the thickness of a skull away; just the turn of a page away.
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A common and not necessarily apocryphal example portrays a solo practitioner starved for business in a small town. A second lawyer then arrives, and they both prosper.
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We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.
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I always believed a singer should be able to sing any kind of song. If I wanted to sing a Cole Porter song, I should be able to do that. Or 'Sherry,' I should be able to do that. Or a Dylan song.
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We have to protect the rights of the American people.
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It's important to read as much as you can because you never know when you will find the best script that you want to do next. I'm always quite picky in what I read and what I go for.
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Culture is the one thing that we cannot deliberately aim at. It is the product of a variety of more or less harmonious activities, each pursued for its own sake.
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Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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Religion is the resolute following of the star of hope through triumphs and tragedies of time.
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I was doing Babylon 5 season two and I was in all 22 episodes of that.
