Mavis Staples Quotes
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August recess,' but don't let the name fool you - it's not even close to a vacation.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
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I think as consumers Europeans are a lot more artist loyal irrespective of the genre of music or the type of project or the collaborative effort, and Americans are more media-loyal, because they need to be fed that media to know what's going on, because we're so inundated with promotion and marketing and everything that's going on - advertising.
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The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.
