Douglas Kirkland Quotes
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.
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The thing I enjoy about going fast is the risk-reward scenario you get. If you make good decisions, the benefits are amazing. If you get it wrong, you can lose so much.
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I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.
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I still love to see the ballet. And I love to boogie.
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I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.
