Paul Goodman Quotes
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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The only way I hear gossip is if it's big enough and loud enough for my friends to bring it up to me. Or if it's, like, a big untrue ordeal from my publicist – and she hates making that phone call!
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There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
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That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery.
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If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
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I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.
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I just want to continue the way I am going.
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The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.
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Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!
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We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy.
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Every team wants to have that in their quarterback - someone who understands the offense and how things are supposed to go. If coach is saying that, then that's a good thing.
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I do ride a bicycle occasionally, but not those stupid stationary ones you see in gyms. I do have one of those, I must confess, but its quite literally a pain in the arse, so I dont use it.
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A good teacher feels his way, looking for response.
