John Jacob Astor Quotes
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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I believe in backing players and helping them out with their game.
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My background was fairly conservative, and I think there's a strong notion of duty in a background like that, and I don't think that's always helpful.
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Marvellous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.
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El árbol está solo, la nube está sola. Todo está solo cuando yo estoy solo.
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In the Middle Eastern culture, it is looked upon with very high regard to get the best deal possible, no matter what it takes, and that includes lying.
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You can't fast-forward heartbreak, and you can't rewind love - and that's just one big bummer.
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When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.
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The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.
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Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
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I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.
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I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
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Carrying envy makes life more difficult.
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I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men.
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The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.
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When someone is counting out gold for you, don't look at your hands, or the gold. Look at the giver.
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I am over-run, jungled in my bed, I am infested with a menagerie of desires: my heart is eaten by a dove, a cat scrambles in the cave of my sex, hounds in my bed obey a whipmaster who cries nothing but havoc as the hours test my endurance with an accumulation of tortures. Who, if I cried, would hear me among the angelic orders?
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To give something for nothing is to weaken the giver.
