John Jacob Astor Quotes
The gateway to China will be from the northwest. My plans were correct. Time will vindicate my reasoning.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
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Once upon a time, the best minds of the human species believed that the planets were attached to crystal spheres. ...Both in classic and in medieval times, it was prominently speculated that gods or angels propelled them, gave them a twirl every now and then. The Newtonian gravitational superstructure replaced angels with GMm/r
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I'm interested in businesses that take digital bits and turn them into interfaces for physical atoms. I'm also interested in drones, Bitcoin, and 3D printing.
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Sometimes, when you look at an adviser's failings or perceived failings, I think the tough question you have to ask as a journalist is, 'What does this say about the president?'
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The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of god-like power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!
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I have had a love-hate relationship with my body.
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The gateway to China will be from the northwest. My plans were correct. Time will vindicate my reasoning.
