Jim Barksdale Quotes
We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.
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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.
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I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
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When an accident or a crime happens, there's a period of time before the yellow tape goes up, before the official response becomes formalized. That allows the nightcrawlers to get very close.
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I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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To be honest, I don't even exactly know how to set up a Google alert. My brother has me on Google alert. So do my parents. But I'm not even sure how it works.
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
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I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.
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I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
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If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
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I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.
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[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use your gift for being able to let loose and be very unself-conscious. It took me time though before I was really able to get comfortable doing that.
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The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.
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At the end of the day, your animal's never going to give up on you.
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The devil only exists because of your belief in him; same goes for that other guy.
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We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.
