Yoko Ono Quotes
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
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I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're not even on the same playing field.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.
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I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off. I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted. You get bummed out, and then you go, 'Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself.' That kind of helps.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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My father was a pimp before he became a deacon or something. These people know how to handle women. I'm the worst guy in the world with women. They run circles around me.
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I'll give you my phone number. When you worry, call me. I'll make you happy.
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My life was pretty rough.
