Henry Major Tomlinson Quotes
Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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In the U.K., we're surrounded by American accents. Anything we watch in television. We have 'How I Met Your Mother' and all these other shows here, so it's not something that's really alien to us.
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You can get used to eating breakfast with a man in a fedora. You can get used to anything, my mother was in the habit of saying.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does. By poetry I mean the imagining of what has been lost and what can be found-the imagining of who we are and the slow realization of it.
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Makeup's just crazy, anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them until, uh … well, until you killed them all, I suppose.
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I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach.
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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship.
