John Quincy Adams Quotes
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.
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Priority is placed on the chastity of women. You can be corrupt, or a murderer and still hold your head up high on the street without problems, whereas if there are any suspicions of your chastity and moral behaviour as a woman, you get lynched.
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There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.
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I've met Michael Keaton, John Favreau, Marisa Tomei - they're all really amazing people and really, really professional. I've learned so much from just watching them operate on set.
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I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that's why I'm attracted to these kind of boats.
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I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.
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The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
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I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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I want nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. I want that name so far behind me, I want it out of my life.
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India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'
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I prefer doing feature films.
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Im attracted to things that are challenging and fun and interesting, and it certainly seems that audiences enjoy them as well.
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I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.
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Wisdom precludes boldness.
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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.
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La molesse est doce, et sa suite est cruelle.
