Bill Scott Quotes

There's no question that any of us who are doing an honest job in government could do a lot better in private industry. During the years I was practicing law as an individual, my salary was a great deal more than it is now.

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• I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.

  

  A. Scott Berg
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• Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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• Free love sounds great.

  

  Laura Prepon
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• Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

  

  Iris DeMent
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• There are a lot of great artists with great voices who aren't singing what they should be singing.

  

  Natalie Cole
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• It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

  

  Laura Dern
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• I love my iPhone - I've actually gotten into games, and I find them really relaxing. Don't laugh at me, but I have 'Sally's Spa' - fantastic; 'Penguin Catapult' - it's great; and 'Word Solitaire' is my new favorite.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
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• Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?

  

  Verne Troyer
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• My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
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• Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
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• I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

  

  Jack Ma
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• I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
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• I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
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• I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
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• It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

  

  Faye Dunaway
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• It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.

  

  J. J. Watt
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• A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
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• One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.

  

  Ted Danson
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• Over the years, I've learned, focus on the job at hand, and opportunities will open after.

  

  Antonio Villaraigosa
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• Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question.

  

  David Hallberg
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• Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.

  

  Dalai Lama
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• When I was in eighth grade, I created a Backstreet Boys fan site. I came in third place in a fan site contest and got to meet them.

  

  Karen Civil

• Because these credit agencies operate in the dark, they are allowed to be terribly unfair and unaccountable.

  

  Brian Schatz
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• There's no question that any of us who are doing an honest job in government could do a lot better in private industry. During the years I was practicing law as an individual, my salary was a great deal more than it is now.

  

  Bill Scott
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