Melvin Van Peebles Quotes
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
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The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.
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Eventually I just want to live a normal life. I want to get married and have children and cook, wash... all the things that I do now. My background is very normal and steady, and that's what I like.
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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.
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Macroeconomic adjustment programmes are tailor-made to the situation of the country concerned and no models or templates are used.
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'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.
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Diogenes the Cynic, when a little before his death he fell into a slumber, and his physician rousing him out of it asked him whether anything ailed him, wisely answered, 'Nothing, sir; only one brother anticipates another,-Sleep before Death.'
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I'm one of those people who says 'Yes' to everything, and in New York, that's a real liability. In the city, I could be playing seven nights a week and not finding the time to finish my own compositions.
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I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things.
