Boo Weekley Quotes
I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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I will run against anybody.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.
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We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.
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I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.
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Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce.
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I come from what they call the land of nowhere. I'm from the suburb. It's extremely atomizing.
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I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.
