Burt Bacharach Quotes
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?
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If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.
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When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.
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New York and New Jersey are probably two of my favorite places to get really good surf in the summertime.
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Persistence pushes me to be bold and seek out the opportunities I've wanted. It starts by envisioning what you want, no matter how big or small, and believing that you can achieve it.
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A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.
