Sterling Beaumon (Sterling Martin Beaumon) Quotes
I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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The social network is the paradigm of the modern service application.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public.
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The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
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You can get beat any day.
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I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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Being part of the fashion world, I'm definitely not a fashion victim. If the style that's going on at that moment suits me, I might integrate it slightly into my look. I'm someone with my own unique style.
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I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
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The spirit of an age may be best expressed in the abstract ideal arts, for the spirit itself is abstract and ideal.
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Guys are so visual.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.
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I performed after 9/11 for relief workers down by Ground Zero. There were these men just coming back, and they were voraciously hungry. They were heroes, pulling rubble, and I was a new comic trying to go blue just so I could get some laughs.
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I feel like people start to believe things that people say about them and start to think they're really important. If you have a family that is down to earth and cool, I don't see how you can be like that.
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I am proud of Kirk. I think he drums to his own drummer in every way.
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I remember the reactions I got when we first visited factories to inspect the projects that we were funding. It was not easy for people to see a woman there. That was a time when most of these workplaces were not even equipped with a loo for women.
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I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.
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Keeping a consistent band going is a bit like getting the Aston Martin out the garage - you have to run it every now and then!
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A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.
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The magic and stuff was all in conjunction with the story of the pyramids. You can't just do that kind of thing if it doesn't make sense, tell a story. That was all part of our Afro-centric consciousness.
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I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.
