Jerry Spinelli Quotes
I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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A cheat day for me, the first thing that I crave, I'll eat. That's my rule. So if I wake up and I want pancakes, I'm gonna eat pancakes. If I want a cheeseburger for lunch or for dinner, I'm gonna eat it. If I want fries, I'm gonna eat the fries.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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It's a lot of wonderful things about the Bay area and Oakland that I absolutely love. I wouldn't change being from there by any stretch.
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I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.
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Romantic Orientalism was fascinated by the color and excitement of a powerful culture, and nearly always approached its subject with love.
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Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
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I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.
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Any good relationship that I've had with an actor has always been so emotional and personal. If you don't have that then you're just lying.
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I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.
