Michael Birch Quotes
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while back, some not. There is no set pattern.
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The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.
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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
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Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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Terrorism, as a whole, is - I don't want to say 'taboo,' but it is a very emotional subject.
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Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.
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The contract stuff will work itself out. If we keep winning, those kinds of things all work themselves out in time.
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I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.
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So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, These people ain't seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one
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We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.
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What if there was an eBay of enterprise applications? What if there was an iTunes music store of enterprise applications? We call that the AppExchange.
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I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all the delays - if we could have had in '44, ah, let's say three hundred operational, that day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that's for sure.
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The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries. We've lost something fundamentally human, and we don't even realise it.
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We should be talking about celebrating our differences, understanding that those differences make us richer and stronger.
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I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea.
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Soul ties. The thing that can make you hear an old-school slow jam and think of somebody you haven’t seen in years. Soul ties. The thing that makes old people who’ve been together for years finish each other’s sentences. Don’t you wish mama had told you when you were young that, when you lie with someone, you lie not just with her body but also with her soul? And whatever condition the other person’s soul is in, you are guaranteed to take a piece with you—whether you want to or not. Instead of being amazed at her booty, you should have focused on her mind.
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Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.
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When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
