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 see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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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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I love driving. Listen to some music.
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Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.
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The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.
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I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date.
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The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them.
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I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things.
