Phil Ochs Quotes
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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I was doing quite well in Malaysia... Everyone was so excited about my music, and they started accepting me as an artist.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
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For 'Dragon Quest IX,' one of the biggest things was being able to create your own character and your party members, too. The importance of it is that you can customize the face, the name, or something like that, so the party members are really a reflection of you. It becomes more of your own experience.
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Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.
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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
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I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.
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I love doing hair and makeup and making 'Video Star' videos with my friend, Kendall. I also love to draw. But my life is dance, dance and more dance. I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
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I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.
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I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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Despair speaks evenly, in a quiet voice.
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the United States and Saudi Arabia...have instead used their influence to ensure that members of the old regime remain in power and the status quo is maintained. American counterterrorism agencies and the Saudi government have a firm grip on Yemen at the moment. It is they...that control the country.
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Τῷ δυσπραγοῦντί τ' ἐπιστενάχεινπᾶς τις ἑτοῖμος· δῆγμα δὲ λύπηςοὐδὲν ἐφ' ἧπαρ προσικνεῖται·καὶ ξυγχαίρουσιν ὁμοιοπρεπεῖς,ἀγέλαστα πρόσωπα βιαζόμενοι.
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Actors can be refined and be better. I’m an improved version of whatever you’ve seen earlier. I do not say this with arrogance, but it is my duty to be better than my predecessor and it’s my duty to see that my successor is better than me.
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The worst programs are the ones where the programmers doing the original work don't lay a solid foundation, and then they're not involved in the program in the future.
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When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
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I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.
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It's a good thing James Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.
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The key to a successful second half is not a change of jobs; it is a change of heart, a change in the way you view the world and order your life.
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Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?
