Donald M. Payne Quotes
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
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Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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Even befor doing this film, I've always been interested in mythology.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I try to play like I did when I was a young boy playing in my garden. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good, but I try to always make sure I give my best to help the team, even if I am not having the best game myself.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.
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The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.
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I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.
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I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would read 'National Review' and I would read 'The Nation' and I would read 'The American Spectator' and I would read 'Mother Jones.'
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I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.
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With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.
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Taxation of private property, or the regulation of such property so as to reduce its value, can become in effect a form of servitude.
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I'm very partisan, but I'm also very fair.
