Gene Tunney Quotes
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, really. I wouldn't say it's a career in fashion. The range is all day-to-day stuff that I'd put on and use myself.
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I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
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I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
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I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.
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The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
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If I could have come in for $10m, I would have done that. I've been pretty smart with my money. I'm playing because I want to play this game here - I want the opportunity.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.
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In philosophy, you have to reckon with the implicit level of an accumulated reserve, and thus with a very great number of relays, with the shared responsibility of these relays.
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The new science of communication is percept, not concept. (p. 259)
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I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.
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Just because we want our favorite team to win does not mean there's any lack of toughness when a player chooses family first.
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I can't summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tati's 'Play Time.' You just have to see it.
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A concave chest means that your diaphragm is sagging.
