Max von Essen Quotes
I'm the youngest of four, and they were all very into sports. I was the first one to express an interest in the arts. I took piano lessons and singing lessons, acting lessons. So it was all new to them, but my parents were great.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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There is a daily discussion with our servants about the price of food and the number of loaves: a conference with our presbyters to consider the sins of our people is a very rare occurrence.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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I am a just man.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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I fell into music, but I just needed to find the right moment to jump into acting.
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Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.
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I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.
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When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.
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It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.
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I'm the youngest of four, and they were all very into sports. I was the first one to express an interest in the arts. I took piano lessons and singing lessons, acting lessons. So it was all new to them, but my parents were great.
