Bill Vaughan Quotes
There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
Quotes to Explore
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
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The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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You have to keep going. The main attention is for us to stay alive and stay a band. You only really become very successful when you stick together. Just keep going and reaching bigger and better.
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The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
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When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.
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When we did 'The Last Picture Show,' the whole cast was unknowns, and we all got careers from it. Well, I don't think this could be done now.
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Life is what you make it. I can’t change the bullshit in the world but I can make my own life interesting while I have it. This is my outlook nowadays. The misanthropy still exists in me but it is a more cold, soulless view than just pure irrational hate. I think I have grown to appreciate the things that matter to me than bother myself with other people, for better or worse.
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There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
