William Graham Sumner Quotes
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that - my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship - that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
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Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.
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The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.
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My parents are both musicians and made sure we all played music. My brothers and sisters all play instruments, so we'll get together whenever we can and play. We play a lot of classical music - you know, the good stuff.
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Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.
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I have no problems with failures, I'm afraid of failing within myself. At times when I know I did something wrong, I don't sleep that night. I'm scared of facing myself.
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Every veteran is a hero.
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To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.
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New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?
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I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
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I have a lot of surrogate parents, but there's no one like your mother.
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I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.
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It takes time to love someone properly, and in this business, you get very wary of people.
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I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human.
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Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.
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It's ironic, isn't it, that one day you're one of the most conservative members, and then some individual gets mad at you, and they decide to throw millions of dollars against you because you didn't vote exactly the way they want every day.
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I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.
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I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll!
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To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.
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If I was going to give Matt Kenseth a piece of advice, I'd say use the s- out of him. Every time you get, run him hard, because that's his weakness.
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I don't believe in setlists unless it's with a band I haven't played with before or a situation like that … I've never used a set list. I expect my band, or people playing music with me, to know what the songs are if I start going to the eighth note. They need to know that.
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I've never used a set list. I strictly go off of the vibe of the crowd and my gut feeling. You have to feel it in your soul.
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Darwin was as much of an emancipator as was Lincoln.
