Michael D. Barnes Quotes
I had a new idea on the way to this meeting this morning, but that doesn't mean we should put it in the platform.
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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I'm not politically correct.
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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
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The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
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We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt in college and then don't make it to the NFL and don't have insurance, and their entire lives are changed when they put their bodies on the line for their school.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.
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I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I'm desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I'll find it one day.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
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Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
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The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya – the Papunya Artists – performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the land.
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'You’re confusing me.''But not deliberately so,' Coyote says. 'Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.'
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.
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When John Travolta had the opportunity to do The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, he brought me and a couple other people from the movie to just be the students and have some parts, because he wanted to help us out. I thought that was really sweet.
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Big tears of frustration and exhaustion were streaming down his cheeks. But because of all the wrinkles, they weren't dripping off. They spread out and ran together again, leaving a watery film over his ruined face.
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Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?
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It just doesn’t make any sense to do anything except what is exciting for you right now.
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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
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I had a new idea on the way to this meeting this morning, but that doesn't mean we should put it in the platform.
