Vanna Bonta Quotes
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.
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In a democracy, power is not permanent.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.
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Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forgetWhat thou among the leaves hast never known,The weariness, the fever, and the fretHere, where men sit and hear each other groan;Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs,Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;Where but to think is to be full of sorrowAnd leaden-eyed despairs.
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It is never too late to be who you might have been. It is always possible...
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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I consider myself more exportant than important.
