Frank Ocean Quotes
As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book.
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.
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Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.
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When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing.
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I like the Victory rolls, beehive, pompadour - all of that stuff. It's just cool. And actually, with ethnic hair, oddly enough, it works so well because I don't have to tease my hair to get body.
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Commissions add up, taxes are a big drag, margin ain't cheap. A good accountant costs money as well. The math on this one is obvious, yet investors often fail to recognize it: Keep your costs low and your turnover lower, and you will win in the end.
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
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As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book.
