Scipio Africanus Quotes
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.
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Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
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I was never as famous as all these kids. There was no social media. We weren't celebrity-obsessed as a culture. I feel like these kids are under a crazy microscope; they're basically brands. And they eventually implode and act out. They need a break, and they're not getting one.
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I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.
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When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.
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I grew up in a confused house: too much unwanted attention or none at all.
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I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.
