Burnie Burns Quotes
'The Amazing Race' has always been the gold standard of reality television to me. It's smart, it's funny, and it's entertaining as hell.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.
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Neither family, nor privilege, nor wealth, nor anything but Love can light that beacon which a man must steer by when he sets out to live the better life.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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'The Amazing Race' has always been the gold standard of reality television to me. It's smart, it's funny, and it's entertaining as hell.
