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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.
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Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.
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The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.
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I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet.
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I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.
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I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were.
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I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.
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Maybe tonight, maybe tonight by the fire all alone you and I. Nothing around but the sound of heart and your sighs.
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Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death.
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Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.
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Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.
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You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.
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Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.
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We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations
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What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration.
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I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.
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No matter how successful you've been in the past the question is what's your next miracle.
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In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the record. We used to do it all by ourselves. I just don't really want to do it anymore. I want somebody to do it for me. I want to concentrate on other things. That's been a big change, a learning curve. But no regrets, it's all part of life's rich tapestry.
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I think the hardest thing about doing an accent, especially with a Missouri accent, is making sure that you're not mumbling with the words so your diction is clear.
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A rare objectivity and insight can be imparted regarding this world's struggle for spiritual integrity. In the land of Faerie, the reader may see his small battles writ large in the wars of titans or elves and understand for the first time, his own worth.
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I take pleasure in the little things. Double cheeseburgers, those are good, the sky ten minutes before it rains,the moment your laugh turns into a cackle. And I sit here, and smoke my Camel straights, and I ride my own melt.
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Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.
