George Ade Quotes
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I would love to do some theater.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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I always have to be thinking about who's going to be singing this song, what the context is. I don't sit around just writing in a vacuum, ever.
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The SEC got more than 100 rules to write under Dodd-Frank, the lion's share of all the agencies. And we've moved, I think, with a tremendous sense of urgency. But it takes a long time to write rules and get them approved by a five-member commission.
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I've always been very competitive - that runs in our family. I'd always try to beat my brother. I'd race the boys and wanted to beat them. They toughened me up. They didn't treat me like a girl.
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About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.
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Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.
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A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.
