Al Capone Quotes
I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.
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I don't care what you play, where you're from, who you produce. It depends on what you're doing when you're with me. That's what counts. I don't pre-judge anything or anybody.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures.
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When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
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People who do not recognize their Owner and discover their Master are miserable and bewildered. But those who do, and then take refuge in His Mercy and rely on His Power, see this desolate world transformed into a place of rest and felicity, a place of exchange for the Hereafter.
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I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.
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A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.
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I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
