Harmon Killebrew Quotes
Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.
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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to acquire the skills of writing and speaking that make for candor, rigor, and clarity. You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly.
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When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmother.
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That Donne himself, for not being understood, would perish.
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You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?
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Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
