Peter Blair Henry Quotes
In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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The Internet had a core innovation that made it valuable: The ability to disseminate data over a distributed network in a way that was significantly cheaper than the prior methods.
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Where you live matters: there's only one MIT. And there's only one Hollywood and only one Silicon Valley. This isn't a coincidence: for whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top people go. You should go there. Don't settle for anywhere else. Meeting my heroes and learning from them gave me a huge advantage. Your heroes are part of your circle too - follow them.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
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The best relatively contemporary portrayal of a courtesan that I've ever seen was probably in 'Children of Paradise,' a film that was made during the Nazi occupation of France, made in secret actually.
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In Jamaica, you're never very far away from people who don't have very much, and in Wilmette, pretty much everybody had a lot.
