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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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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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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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.' I don't want that as a director. I don't want to compromise myself. There's a big old wide world out there. I want to explore it.
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I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family - whether it's from an intruder or whether it's from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.
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I got mail from a prison once.
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To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.
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Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.
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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.
