Pele Quotes
I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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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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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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My career has been spent developing airplanes.
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I hated high school and got to college and realized they didn't care if I showed up because I'd already paid. So I decided, 'I'm going to turn this around.' And I did: I got straight A's and was named 'outstanding senior.'
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My soul is not for sale.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.
