Michael Shanks Quotes
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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I was born free.
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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day. Some goals may entail a list of shorter goals. Losing a lot of weight, for example, should include mini-goals, such as 10-pound milestones. This will keep your subconscious mind focused on what you want step by step.
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My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.
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What a horrible system we had. How blind we were.
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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.
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I don't eat the same meal or at the same time every single day. You get tired of that real quick. I just try to make sure whatever I'm eating is fresh and clean and good for my body. That's about it.
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With a diplomat father, for whom foreign postings were a fact of life, my siblings and I were expected to attend boarding schools in Britain.
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I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a typewriter.
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In general, people that we meet in person are pretty cool people - always very respectful, just happy to be there, happy to enjoy the music.
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We're in a situation where talented, motivated school leavers and graduates can send off a hundred CVs and not get a reply, and where a trip to the Job Centre is depressing rather than inspirational. And you know what, that just feels wrong.
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If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.
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It isn't necessary to be an untouchable rock-icon guy surrounded by bodyguards and be ushered in and out and have everyone do everything for you. It isn't necessary to change the way you present your band to the public just because you're successful. That happened a lot in the '80s: there was a school of thought that said people would like you more if you acted like you were the unattainable star.
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Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.
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Theres a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.
