Brooke Astor Quotes
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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New Year's Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I'd entertain everyone, even as a young kid.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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I'm the baddest among the bad guys.
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It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.
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People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite.
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I love Captain Cold. I have him on my door at the office. He's grounded; he doesn't want to rule the world. He's not necessarily driven by ego, which a lot of villains are.
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I like to think I was just lucky. I didn't think I was better than anybody else, but I could sing everybody's songs.
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Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.
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Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense.
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Money is like manure, it should be spread around.
