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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I'm very grateful, first of all, for my friends and my family because they keep me grounded, and they make sure I'm taking care of myself and that I'm keeping my sanity about me.
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Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
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I have OCD mixed with ADD, you try living with that. Its complicated.
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Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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La molesse est doce, et sa suite est cruelle.
