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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John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.
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My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself. I am in fact in no way more important than is the typesetter for my books, the man who works the mill; no more important than the man who binds my books and the woman who wraps them and the scrubwoman who cleans up the office.
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It is important for us to understand that the way we are perceived in the world is going to make a difference, in terms of our capacity to get cooperation and root out terrorism. And one of the things that I intend to do as president is to restore America's standing in the world.
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Ich bedauere die Menschen, welche von der Vergänglichkeit der Dinge viel Wesens machen und sich in Betrachtung irdischer Nichtigkeit verlieren. Sind wir ja eben deßhalb da, um das Vergängliche unvergänglich zu machen; das kann ja nur dadurch geschehen, wenn man beides zu schätzen weiß.
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I have tremendous faith in theuniverse. I feel at home on this planet. Even though it's a very big world out there, I plan on walking right through the middle of it unharmed.
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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.
