Bob Newhart Quotes
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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I always have to be writing.
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Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.
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It kind of scares me, the notion that we're going to be injecting ourselves into other countries' affairs when they're not posing a threat to our security. I wouldn't be telling Israel what to do.
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I don't think I would do a straight late-night talk show, like a 'Tonight Show' kind of thing. But I'm open to whatever is done well. I don't have any agenda. I'm not like Fugazi - I'm not trying to be just so punk rock until I die. Whatever is funny is good.
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September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
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Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress.
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
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Funny is funny is funny.
