Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz) Quotes
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I am who I am.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
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Since I could read, I always had my nose in a book.
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I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
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I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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I don't have a steady relationship. That's something that women in politics deal with. For some reason, men in politics seem to have a larger charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me.
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My piece in One World or None was the description of the effect of a single atomic bomb on New York City.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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Sedgwick has managed to convert pedestrian critical skills and little discernible knowledge in history, philosophy, psychology, art or even pre-modern literature into a lucrative academic career.
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Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
