J. Frank Dobie Quotes
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.
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I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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We need grace in our lives, and I'm not talking about heavenly grace. I'm talking about human grace. We should try and be warm and friendly.
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I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary.
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I think a lot of a man's outlook in life - at least mine - is shaped by his relationship with his father.
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What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.
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The boundaries of culture and rainfall never follow survey lines.
