Steve McQueen (Terence Steven McQueen) Quotes
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.
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Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it.
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First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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If I had any humility I would be perfect.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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It's really important to say this. Often the faith schools were founded before the state provided education. I want good education in this country so I'm not going to slag off faith schools. I think that it's important that people of different backgrounds and different faiths go to school together and many faith schools do that.
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Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.
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I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.
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I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked at and never seen.
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I am not a preacher. I don't want to stand on a soapbox and tell people, "Don't drink. Don't use drugs." With my kids, I say "Don't drink. Don't do drugs." But when they turn 21, they can drink. I hope they never use drugs, but people make their own decisions. When they're old enough, they are going to have the chance to make their own decisions. I just hope I have given them enough love and support, and the ability to come and talk to me if they need to.
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I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.
