Dickey Betts Quotes
People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I will run against anybody.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not fully understand it.
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For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.
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Make yourself necessary to somebody.
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When the going gets tough, the tough get an uzi.
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I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
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Excuses are the crutches of the uncommitted.
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The fragments for the past, for me, are not without life.
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The artist's business requires his involvement in practically everything. He works in reference, not to a section of the world, but to the whole world.
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People say a lot of things in the heat of the moment. But in the entertainment business, ya never say never.
