Willard Scott Quotes
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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Music is something I can't stop. Whether people are going to hear it or not, I'm still going to make music.
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The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
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I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013.
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I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.
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I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight.
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I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
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It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.
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I'd like to do 'Saturday Night Live.'
