Slim Whitman (Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.) Quotes
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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I saw a lot of people have success handed to them that then exploited it. They didn't protect it or cherish it.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.
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It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.
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Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.
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Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
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Love is always being given where it is not required.
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They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.
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A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.
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In terms of scripted shows, I love 'Mad Men.' Cinematically, it's one of the most beautiful shows ever made. I love the subtlety of the acting and the storytelling, and I love that they don't think the audience is dumb. They make a great show, and you figure it out, and it leaves you with so many questions - it's just great.
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When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do.
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I did try to get a few of those teen high-school movies, but they just didn't like me. I guess I wasn't a certain type.
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Whenever something good comes up that sounds like I could be part of the project, my manager and my agents send me in on it.
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I'd like my son to remember me as a good dad.
