George Meredith Quotes
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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Oracle is my second job ever that did not involve waitressing. But I still have my waitress apron just in case this does not work out. It's just that I fell in love with software when I was programming in college. When I was an investment banker, there were mostly mainframe companies and very few software ones.
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.
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He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.
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I have a thousands wants; it's hard to really hone in on just a few.
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Transhumanism is the ethics and science of using things like biological and genetic engineering to transform our bodies and make us a more powerful species.
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I love working closely with people.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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I think my dad has helped me tremendously.
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We've got to get back on track to working with them. Because if I and my colleagues are going to continue to attract inward investment from overseas - you know particularly from the big Asian countries - they see Britain as a gateway to Europe. They don't want any doubts cast upon that.
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There are a lot of distractions when you're in creative industries like publishing or fashion or media, and it's a real blessing to have witnessed some of those up close at a young age. I think when you get past the glamour, that's when you get to the good stuff - the stuff that really feeds your soul and enriches you as a person.
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You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA.
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When I left college, I was out of work for three years. I had this dream of being on 'SNL,' and that was all I could imagine.
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Uggs are comfort shoes, and it's important to have a shoe that gives you a sense of comfort. I have about 15 pair of Uggs - the same shoe, the same color. And I also have the bedroom slippers.
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I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.
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We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.
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Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
