Burt Lancaster Quotes
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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Why you kill me? I never did you anything. Not kill me! I beg not to be locked up. Never let me out of my prison - not kill me! You kill me before I understand what life is. You must tell me why you locked me up!
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.
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I believe more and more that this business is about people. People, people. The idea is to make friends at the retail level, the warehouse level, let people see you exist, can form sentences and have an interest in something other than yourself.
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I feel it's my responsibility to be able to take care of my family by living off the land. That's the ultimate goal for a man.
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When we let our mind relax, a moment will come when we rest without thoughts. This stable state is like an ocean without waves. Within this stability a thought arises. This thought is like a wave which forms on the surface of the ocean. When we leave this thought alone, do nothing with it, not "seizing" it, it subsides by itself into the mind where it came from.
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I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.
