Tim Bishop (Timothy Howard "Tim" Bishop) Quotes
In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.
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I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.
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I don't believe in changing the unchangeable.
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.
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The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
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I've spent a lot of my early twenties focusing on other people as opposed to myself. Being madly in love with people and putting them first and not necessarily putting myself under a microscope. It's unsettling but I'm trying to be the kind of person that can be alone, at peace with himself. Making most recent album, I felt braver putting stuff into songs than I do bringing them up in conversation. Which makes no logical sense. Lyrically, there was a lot less hiding behind suns and moons and stars.
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Welcome back, my cheeky wee monkeys.
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No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.
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The spirit in which you do something is often as important as the act itself.
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In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.
