John Jacob Astor Quotes
The first hundred thousand dollars – that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.
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When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figure had to be fantastic. Now that I'm a singer, I've got a different kind of body – it's more athletic.
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Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
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There is something about my aura or essence, or whatever, that draws the ex-wife characters to me. I don't seek them out, but people tend to think of me for that particular archetype, or whatever you want to call it, and I don't mind it. I think there is a strength to it.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
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It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.
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What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.
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If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?
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I've written in the middle of a conversation or the grocery store or at another band's concert or in the last moments before falling asleep. It's pretty unpredictable. I think it's always flowing, and sometimes I'm not listening. There's no formula for when I'm going to be able to be a good listener to myself.
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The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
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Desire is normal. Attention is normal, and that's okay.
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No man should be on Facebook. It's an invasion of everyone's privacy. I really cannot stand it.
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A lot of people who have gone to music school have gotten their individuality stomped out of them. It becomes harder to find those instincts.
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When somebody's calling you 'Mommy,' it's a wonderful thing. But also to have that responsibility and to know that you and your partner have this little thing that's totally relying on you - and it made me, I suppose, less selfish. Not that I was mega-selfish to start with, but it's lovely having that responsibility. It's scary.
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'How wonderful to be alive,' he thought. 'But why does it always hurt?'
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Is anything sadder than a trainThat leaves when it’s supposed to,That has only one voice,Only one route?There’s nothing sadder. Except perhaps a cart horse,Shut between two shaftsAnd unable even to look sideways.
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Generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.
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My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. And my boys, one's a bit more calm and chill, and the other is much more sensitive to things. You see this right away, when they're first born. One cried, one didn't, with the boys.
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The first hundred thousand dollars – that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.
