Edmund Hillary Quotes
I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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My dad's family were pretty working class, actually.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'
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I love to act, but business is more interesting because it's more competitive and involves more people. There's more 'now' mentality and energy. Intellectually, it's a lot more interesting.
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I've always had a complicated relationship with sleep. Even as a little kid, I never wanted to go to bed - it always seemed unfair in some way.
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I have a lot of vanity.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.
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I find getting the first draft down to be the biggest challenge. Every word, every punctuation mark, every plot point is a decision. It's much more fun to play with something that already exists.
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The Chinese, the African, and the European - they are all there. So the division of the Caribbean experience into being emphatically only African is absurd.
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Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I've made a career out of playing the id: the guy that says whatever pops into his head.
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I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.
