Doyle Brunson Quotes
The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.
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The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I can't stand tribute bands. It's nice, bless 'em, but it's not right. They can't capture the right spirit. You never see a tribute comedian, a tribute Les Dawson.
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Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relations with their people have been assigned a secondary role. This is too important a subject not to receive first-line attention. In this regard we could learn much from the Japanese. We must reinvest in the human side of management.
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When your mom and dad read the paper, they like to know their sons are on the roster.
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This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.
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I'm just a member of the audience with each project I work on, and I hope to never lose that. It's my touchstone. It's the thing I never want to overanalyze.
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The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.
