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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When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.
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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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Nasdaq is investing in the technologies, talent, and capabilities that solve the complex challenges our clients face.
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I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'
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When I first started doing screen work, I thought, 'I'm not beautiful enough for this profession - all the actresses I watch on screen are gorgeous and beautiful goddesses, but I'm just a scrawny, scruffy girl from southwest London.'
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Did you see them in the river?They were there to wave to you.Could you tell that the empty quiver,Brown skinned Indian on the banksThat were crowded and narrow,Held a broken arrow?
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She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.
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The first hundred thousand dollars – that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.
