Albert Ray Olpin (A. Ray Olpin) Quotes
No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got my own stories to tell, and a great need to tell them. I've got these images, these thoughts in my head, and I need to find a way to cope with them.
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of my class.
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I feel like I've spent the majority of my time touring and traveling, so if I reduced the actual time making music, it's probably four and a half years at the most.
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My writing flows out of my doctorhood. They are not separate things. They are one. I think the foremost connection between being a doctor and being a writer is the great privilege of having an intimate view of one's fellow humans, the privilege of being there and helping other people at their most vulnerable moments.
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I would drive on streets that were one-way and think, "Why are they all honking at me?"
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I love competing so much.
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No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.
