Billy Campbell Quotes

I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.

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• I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.

  

  Katha Pollitt
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• 'Hell is for Children' is amazing to do every night and 'Promises in the Dark' and 'Love Is a Battlefied,' of course, but my absolute favorite would be 'Heartbreaker.' It's the one that started everything, so it has a very special place in my heart. And it still rocks every night! It's so fun to do.

  

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• Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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• 'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.

  

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• Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions.

  

  Samantha Stosur
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• Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

  

  Barbara Bush
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• Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to our past.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
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• This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.

  

  Warren Christopher
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• There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.

  

  J. J. Abrams
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• I used to stand in front of the mic and cry.

  

  Isaac Hayes
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• You can't be wrong in the three-tech position. I like that. It allows a lot of freedom.

  

  Malik Jackson
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• I kept buying bigger and bigger jeans, and once the size 14s got too tight, I thought, That's it. I'm not buying the next size.

  

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• I wanted to honor my heritage and where I came from and keep the name. It was a tough decision to even change the spelling of it phonetically. I wanted to keep it as close to the original as it can be.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
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• I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.

  

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• Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

  

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• There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.

  

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• As a CEO, I am finding that I have to become a learning CEO. I have to go to school all the time because I am learning new skills that I need to run this company and I am realising that I am not equipped to just coast, I have to constantly renew my skills.

  

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• We do all the first samples here and all the production in the garment center, within these few blocks... I love the process.

  

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• For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that while it is easy to persuade them of a thing, it is hard to fix them in that persuasion...

  

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• I think you need a really strong businessperson running the state, a person who's used to turning negatives into positives, which is what happens in business.

  

  Mike Curb
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• I just sort of follow my bliss, so to speak, and then I see where that takes me.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light.

  

  Boris Pasternak
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• It is the integrity of each individual human that is in final examination. On personal integrity hangs humanity's fate.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
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• I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.

  

  Billy Campbell