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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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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To fall suddenly sick when you have never been ill is a hard lesson. If it teaches anything, it teaches you that you must not trust to the thing you know, that it is better to build on shifting sand than the rock which may confound you on the day it shatters.
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My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
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I don't think anyone in that Roc Nation office gets eight hours of sleep; I highly doubt it. They're constantly working, and they're on top of everything, and they have a department for everything.
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I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives.
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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.
