Michael Baden Quotes
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.
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Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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The kind of in-depth investigative journalism we practice at 'Frontline' is thoughtful, rigorous, and time-intensive. It requires us to constantly seek untold stories and to give our producers and reporters the time and resources to dig into them deeply.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
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Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.
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Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much.
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The best way for women to get into cycling is to go out in a group, to feel like you're part of it.
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I would say my return to my faith is - it's a very personal thing.
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Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.
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In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love.
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I take this personal. I own these blocks.
