William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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I have never used steroids. Period.
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
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When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.
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There was great comraderie among players and coaches. We enjoyed the time we were together... road trips were fun. I don't know that there was one moment that stood out among all the good times we had.
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It has never been necessary for me to learn how to read music.
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Because you know I'm All about that bass 'Bout that bass, no treble.
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Gilbert White discovered the formula for complete happiness, but he died before making the announcement, leaving it for me to do so. It is to be very busy with the unimportant.
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He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
