Melvin Van Peebles Quotes
I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numbers on the keys. And that's got to become music again.Melvin Van Peebles
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
Adam Baldwin -
Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
Taylor Sheridan -
Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
Ibrahim Babangida -
A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
Zig Ziglar -
People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
Manoj Bhargava -
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
Saku Koivu -
I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
Olivia Colman -
I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
Earl Campbell -
Our true nationality is mankind.
H. G. Wells -
Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.
Utada Hikaru -
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
Vance Havner
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Even if you've gone easy on the vermouth, there are still serious downsides to alcohol consumption, including but not limited to the sense that you're a good dancer.
W. Bruce Cameron -
It is only by the amplification of titles that you can often touch and satisfy the imagination of nations; and that is an element which Governments must not despise.
Benjamin Disraeli -
Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion.
Kurt Sutter -
It is sad when people can't connect, and the sense of desperation that you feel when there is nothing to look forward to.
David Frankel -
My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.
Bonnie Hunt -
I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.
Jake Tapper
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My character Preet in 'Fanaah' had a very distinctive appearance: loud make-up and dramatic clothes.
Anita Hassanandani Reddy -
I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.
Payal Kadakia -
Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.
Meghan O'Rourke -
The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with inflation edging up and a substantial current account deficit... People understandably feel more confident about their future than they've done for decades, but as a result they have been borrowing more and saving less... Coming on top of a massive income investment boom, it's all been just a bit too much of a good thing.
Nigel Lawson -
I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numbers on the keys. And that's got to become music again.
Melvin Van Peebles