John Wooden Quotes
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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Every song I write is autobiographical and is about people, and that's one of the things that gets complicated. You have to decide where's your place as a songwriter.
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I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
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I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
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I don't find that I subscribe or believe in many rules about what comedy is and what makes it funny.
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I agree with him that we are going to work together for having this strategic agreement between United States and Iraq, and also to continue our cooperation in our struggle against terrorism and for promotion of democracy in Iraq and in Middle East.
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When my wife's Aunt Caroline was in her nineties, she lived with us, and she once remarked: 'Remembrance is sufficient of the beauty we have seen.' I cherish the remembrance of the beauty I have seen. I cherish the grave, compulsive word.
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Dining partners, regardless of gender, social standing, or the years they've lived, should be chosen for their ability to eat - and drink! - with the right mixture of abandon and restraint. They should enjoy food, and look upon its preparation and its degustation as one of the human arts.
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I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.
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Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
