W. C. Sellar Quotes
The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
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There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in advance. In college, I wrote my papers weeks early and finished my thesis four months before the due date. My roommates joked that I had a productive form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.
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We're a bar band, so we know all the bar songs.
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Di qua, di là, di giù, di sù li mena.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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His vices were the vices of his time and culture, but his virtues transcended the milieu of his life.
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The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
