Jeff Beck Quotes
I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that high school. Then I joined the Navy, and while I was in the Navy, I was in a motorcycle accident and woke up deaf in a hospital.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.
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It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.
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I wanted to be liked when I was younger, which I think a lot of us do; I'm not ashamed to say it. I was a product of my environment, a product of my culture.
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Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
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I'm glad that people know my military service. But, like this nation, we are more than our military. And the rest of our story is the same as the rest of my story.
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I was very clear why we put these companies together and what our goals were. It was really to allow both Sears and Kmart to compete in what I thought was going to be a more challenging but evolving industry.
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I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.
