R. M. Williams Quotes
On purchasing a gold mine whilst debt in debt and getting lucky – ‘Nobles Nob becoming one of the richest small gold mines in Australia’ We made many, many millions.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
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I'm a country girl. The more big cities I go to, the more fashionistas and designers I meet who want to dress me, the more I have all these kind of superficial but amazing experiences, the more I just realize that I'm from Gloucestershire.
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I'm very blessed that I get to dabble in both music and movies, and as long as people are willing to accept me in both roles, I'll be there.
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There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
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When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
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Hello, my name is Zach Galifianakis, and I hope I'm pronouncing that right.
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I've always been incredibly crazy about the fact that I'd have any fans at all. It says to me that the characters that I choose are interesting to people and that's thrilling to me. It really is.
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I was so dedicated to generating income to keep my family housed and clothed and schooled. That mattered to me. And playing good golf mattered to me. The rest of the things, like how my record stacked up against others, never made that much difference.
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I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.
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You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.
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And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.
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I have a phobia of spoons I haven't used one in about 10 years.
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Don't ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It's too short, and you're too special.
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It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.
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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively.
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The worst decision, hands down, was wearing bright yellow when I was 9 months pregnant. I looked like a bumble bee. I have not worn yellow since.
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On purchasing a gold mine whilst debt in debt and getting lucky – ‘Nobles Nob becoming one of the richest small gold mines in Australia’ We made many, many millions.
