Malcolm Forbes Quotes
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I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
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I always regret leaving home if I don't get at least four or five surfs in the week before I leave. I try to be in the water as much as possible before leaving, and it's the one thing I miss massively.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. She's the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So I'm very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And I'm still dazed that she's gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.
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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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I don't expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
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Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
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If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.