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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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 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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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 love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.
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The very first thing you learn if you're a gentleman is that you never compare one woman to another. That's the way of all death.
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A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.
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At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.
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Why is Assad more responsible for all the deaths in Syria than those fighting to overthrow and kill him?
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I actually got thrown into my Bar Mitzvah because my teacher, my Cantor, did not tell me that they would all say 'amen' at the end of each, for want of a better word, paragraph. And that threw me completely. I almost went into an Ella Fitzgerald sort of scat.
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I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.
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It's definitely something you have to learn: that you are going to be judged and scrutinised, but you have to decide how much you listen to and how much you let other people's opinions in.
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We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
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La molesse est doce, et sa suite est cruelle.
