Paul Oakenfold (Oakenfold) Quotes
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.
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I wash my face day and night. I actually really love Dr. Lancer face wash, and I also love Neutrogena.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.
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I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.
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I love physicality. I love movement very much.
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Here's the thing: I fell impossibly in love with the Internet from the minute I saw it in action in the early 1990s. From that moment on, I have studied it, analyzed it, reported on it, and, mostly, have not been without it as a part of my daily life since.
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It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
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But Hezbollah now has reared its ugly head in a way that threatens the entire free world. And they want, by their own charter and definition, the destruction of Israel and Christians. That is the truth. That is in their charter.
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When I came into the gym, I wasn't just some guy. I was a two-time Olympian.
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The first duty of wine is to be red. The second is to be a Burgundy.
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I go where the action is.
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Personally, I prefer working in the background.
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I have a lot of Missoni tablecloths, but for breakfast, we use placemats - we call them 'American-style.' I have some in crazy patterns from the Swedish brand Svenskt Tenn. And I like plates from Grottaglie in Puglia, stained in wild colors.
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Anti-Semitism has not disappeared, and European Jews have too often come under attack.
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Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience.
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Madonna has a very unique style and comes up constantly with these great songs.
