Slim Whitman (Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.) Quotes
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.
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It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
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The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey.
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Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.
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I'd rather have 100,000 people who really get what I'm doing and like it for what it is than a million who can take it or leave it.
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We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.
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Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.
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I'm probably not 100 pounds anymore, but around there. I definitely got obsessed with my weight. When I met my husband and realized that he could put on 50 pounds and I'd still love him, I realized that's how he sees me or at least how he should!
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I am a boring loner. I enjoy Friday nights at home in my rocking chair with no arms, rocking and relaxing. It's not uncommon for Netflix to be involved. Records are a possibility, but most of it is spent in silence.
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There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.
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There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.
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And thus He mused: 'From here, indeedShall we strike terror in the Swede?And here a city by our laborFounded, shall gall our haughty neighbor;'Here cut' – so Nature gives command –Your window through on Europe; standFirm-footed by the sea, unchanging!
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The risk of confrontation with the use of nuclear weapons in Europe is higher than in the 1980s.
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Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die.
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I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.
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If you're real, you've never got anything to hide away from. You're not trying to fake anything, you're not trying to have this other persona - you're just yourself. And if I could be myself for as long as possible, I will.
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We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble.
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Booze really was medicinal, after a near-death experience. Holding a drink in both hands and letting it corrode the topmost layer of his mouth and throat, Laurence felt a spiritual relationship with Bushmills.
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Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have for you. I've actually been running through what people have said about the end. Religion says that the end is one thing, because it serves their purpose. But great thinkers alike haven't always agreed. Shakespeare knew how to say it better than anyone else. Hamlet says 'The rest is silence.' And when you think of the noises of everyday life, you realize how particularly desirable that is. Silence.
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Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It's there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.
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I have sold 120 million records. Half of those could be in Europe.
