Mike Tyson Quotes
There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
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I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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To achieve a more balanced international system over time, countries with excessive and unsustainable trade surpluses will need to allow their exchange rates to better reflect market fundamentals.
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We are the masters of our fate, the captains of our souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.
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There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
