Will Estes Quotes
I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic.
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When I initially moved to the city, I had to stay in hotels for almost two years. I was fed up of that life, and it was then that I decided that I wanted a home in the city, so I shifted base permanently.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy.
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I work very hard at my game.
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You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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A lot of people say I tried to emulate Tupac, but when I look back at my career, we're very different artists. I took pages out of Pac's book, of course, and lots of other rappers - Biggie, Nas - of course you take pages out of those books, but you eventually make it your own thing. And I think I did a good job of that.
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I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.
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I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.
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When we obey God, we're not doing it for God... we're doing it for ourself. Because God takes pleasure when we're happy.
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Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.
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Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks.
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There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.
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You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all.
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I'm always open to new stuff. I don't sit and try to figure out what to do, I just wait for an idea to come.
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The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
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At nine years old, I was presented an opportunity to move to Toronto to train for pairs dancing. As soon as I heard that that's what it entailed, I was out of there. It's like a past life. I hung up my skates and never looked back.
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I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese.
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I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic.
