Stephen Dunn Quotes
I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.
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The Qur'an, throughout all of its verses, aims mainly to establish and confirm four basic, universal truths: the existence and Oneness of the Maker of the universe; Prophethood; bodily Resurrection; and worship and justice.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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My record speaks for itself.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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I don't drink coffee.
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I was a 'Glee' fan before I joined the show! Since my background is musical theater, it was exciting to see a TV show that incorporated music so much and in such a genius way.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and strains on whatever thrives on its surface. The ambitions and dreams of men are irrelevant to this planetary giant which pursues its own way in its own manner. Man is its child, tenant and still, to this date, its captive.
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But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit.
