Samuel Butler Quotes
We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
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In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.
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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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Well, I don't like the UK. I haven't ever been a fan of the pound (sterling), and even though they are taking some steps in the right direction - more so than the US - in addressing some of their problems, I still think they're doing it much too slowly. So, I think that the pound will continue to lose value relative to some of these other currencies. I ultimately expect the pound to rise against the dollar, but that's not the best way to take advantage of dollar weakness.
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He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
