Douglas Tompkins Quotes
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
Fat Joe
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
Eddie Marsan
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
Jackson Browne
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
Maceo Parker
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
Ted Nugent
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
Vidya Balan
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
Iris Apfel
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Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
Wayne Dyer
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My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.
Maajid Nawaz
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
Maelle Gavet
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When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.
Mahesh Babu
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We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.
Gerda Lerner
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The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.
Keanu Reeves
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I truly do have the most amazing child on the face of the earth. I know all parents say that about their child, but Taylor truly is special.
Yolanda Adams
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There's no question that the mind-body connection is real, even if we can't quantify it. Hope is one of the greatest weapons we have to fight disease.
David Agus
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There are emotional relationships in any business.
Douglas Tompkins
