Ray Manzarek Quotes
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.
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I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.
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Discovery is fun. I am incredibly open to everything.
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If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
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My plan is to open five restaurants based on the five elements in Chinese philosophy: wood, water, fire, earth and metal.
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I think for larger-scale entrepreneurship, it's true - for men and women - that people who already have capital tend to do better.
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When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little by little, telling stories about people I'd met and expanded my voices.
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Time is just a moment that we occupy in this brief spin around the planet.
