David Maraniss Quotes
If you start with the mindset that you know nothing, you will learn a lot that nobody knew before.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.
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I love India.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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My parents split up when I was 3 years old, and I lived with my mother.
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It must be the PGA Championship if it's August and you can sit down and talk to the heat or reach inside your shirt, where it's 110 degrees, and grab handfuls of humidity.
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My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.
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I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up.
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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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I wear my pajamas. That's the thing I love most about writing. I don't get changed until I actually have to go out of the house. I'll write and take a late lunch or go to a coffee shop when I get where I can't stand the four walls anymore.
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The raising of an eyebrow, how you do it; when you look, how you look. All those little things are physical.
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It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.
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There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules.
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Fun is only possible if you have a mindset that allows it.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
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One of the jobs of a manager is to instill confidence, pump confidence into your people. And when you've got somebody who's raring to go and you can smell it and feel it, give 'em that shot.
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I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective.
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We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We figured that is our best store because they are our biggest fans.
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If you start with the mindset that you know nothing, you will learn a lot that nobody knew before.
