Ralph Stanley Quotes
I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
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I've had Botox. It hurts a lot, but I like it.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I bought these pink sticker things... and I would write things on them, and I wrote, 'I will write an international smash,' and shortly after, it was when we did 'Monster,' and it was an international smash.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.
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It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.
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I'm very, very blessed.
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The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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As a writer, Chris Columbus was a big influence. 'The Goonies' was the first movie I ever saw that kids speak normally and not imagined how kids would talk. Always a big fan of Chris Columbus' dialogue and storytelling.
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There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want.
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I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.
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On the sets, Ali Zafar was extremely entertaining... he would just start singing out of the blue. It was just great!
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In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
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I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I like a good old-fashioned fistfight if people are pissed off at each other. I just feel like if you're really mad and want to have a fight, then put your dukes up.
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Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
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When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.
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I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.
