Pierre Beaumarchais Quotes
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Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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Dancing is a beautiful thing.
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I don't think that genius goes hand in hand with being socially inept or being a sociopath or being a misanthrope, but I do think that it is a mind that can think so differently - so beyond how one is supposed to think.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
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I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
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To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.
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I'm involved in a different kind of campaign myself - to make sure that the climate crisis is the number one issue on the agenda of candidates in both parties. And I know that sounds like an unrealistic goal right now, but I will wager that by the time the elections of November 2008 come around, it will be the number one issue in both parties.
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on the creation myth This is a wonderful story that was told to the people in the desert, in order to distract them from the fact that they did not have air conditioning. I would love to have the faith to believe that it took place in seven days, but... I have thoughts. And that can really fuck up the faith thing. Just ask any Catholic priest.
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I always say that when it comes to picking a single, firstly you have to go with what feels right and what your gut tells you.
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As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
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No matter how much control kids get over the media they watch, they are still utterly powerless when it comes to the manufacturing of brands. Even a consumer revolt merely reinforces one's role as a consumer, not an autonomous or creative being.
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Conditioning is very important when it comes to hair. One should oil hair on a regular basis for hair nourishment.
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Don’t ask a writer what he’s working on. It’s like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease.
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You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.
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Imagine the most outrageously positive possibility for your life, claim it, and consider it done.
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It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
