John G. Avildsen Quotes
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
Youssou N'Dour -
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
Abraham A. Ribicoff -
You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
Gavin Newsom -
I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store.
Babette March -
I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
Kacy Hill
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt -
My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
Tate Donovan -
It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.
Samantha Mumba -
I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
J. K. Simmons -
In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
Vendela Kirsebom
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
Park Geun-hye -
All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
Kangana Ranaut -
I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.
Sam Heughan -
Fabo is a real rock star, but people look over it, so I'll try to bring it to the light if I can.
Young Thug -
It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
Olivia Wilde -
I don't know about the whole song-and-dance thing. But if India will have me, the independent cinema scene there is something I'm really interested in.
Manish Dayal
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If you are writing something in which you are really involved, you don't even need to think about it any longer. The situation itself demands your total commitment as an individual, just as in your political commitments.
Simone de Beauvoir -
The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I tend to be conversational and loose with dialogue in general, not out of disrespect for the source material but because that's the way I work.
Clark Duke -
Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.
William Penn -
I thought boxing was stupid.
John G. Avildsen