Nellie Melba Quotes
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I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
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How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life?
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.
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There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
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There's a tendency for the yen to strengthen because it's rated highly, but I don't think that accurately reflects Japan's economic performance.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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My ambition is to enjoy my life and to do exactly what I want to do. And I'll do that. I will be free.
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I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be. That's what makes it exciting.
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You reach a certain age, and you realize, 'Wow: there are younger people doing this better than I can, and don't leave me out - I don't want to be left behind. I want to do it, too. Where are you going? I want to be part of it.'
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People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.
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Any time I get to work a home game, it's awesome.
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My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
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As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
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About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.
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Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.
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I could never be a distance runner, because I can't run for more than ten minutes. There aren't enough iPod gigabytes in the world to make that worth it for me.
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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
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Do everything yourself.
