Ray Stevens Quotes
People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach earlier than many of his colleagues. Yet in public, he continued to defend the war.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
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Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
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I think that on the whole man would be living a more natural life if he were a vegetarian.
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Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.
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There were several Battles between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians, in which the former (as they ought) usually won.
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We had a street gang that was very vivid - very surreal. We were fans of Monty Python. We'd put on performances in the city center of Dublin. I'd get on the bus with a stepladder and an electric drill. Mad shit. Humor became our weapon. Just stand there, quiet - with the drill in my hand. Stupid teenage shit.
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I would love to do a Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly type movie musical - a fun, song and dance, romantic comedy. Or, even just play the lead in one of those broad comedies - that would just be fantastic.
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I'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard.
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I'm a golfer - not an athlete.
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MySpace is an addiction.
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If I raised my hand to wipe the hair out of my children's eyes, they'd flinch and call their attorney.
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When a fan holds out Helen's picture for me to autograph, I usually sign it Linda Hunt - just to make their heads really crazy.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
