Powers Boothe Quotes
When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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The San Gabriel monument expands our natural heritage, but there is more in need of safeguarding - extraordinary places like Utah's Greater Canyonlands.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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Junooniyat for love but not necessarily from the romantic perspective. For me, that is for family, that is for my work. For me, both these things are very important, so there is junoon for people I love, which is my family, and my work, which I worship.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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The negotiation of city space has been made more difficult with the idea that redevelopment is an improvement for some vague future - but it's never like that, is it? Once you get there, for economic reasons you have to generate the next project - so you're immediately starting to dig up something else, and so it goes on.
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I remember reading 'The Guest' and thinking, 'This is going to be something!'
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History is important but... I just wanna sing Beyonce songs all day long in front of a mirror.
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America's a faith-based experiment as a country. We should celebrate and invite faith. And our motto is, 'In God We Trust.' This isn't something that divides; this is something that pulls together and lifts us up.
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That's my hunger. If I start to relax, and I lose that, then I had better stop my football. I need that hunger. I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
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I hated being a novelist when I was 20 - I had nothing to write about.
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Postmodernism is a freewheeling, unfettered, and unapologetic pursuit of style.
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Motherhood made me a better person.
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My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother's huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people.
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The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.
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When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.
