Morihei Ueshiba Quotes
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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I played piano growing up. I played classical piano since I was 5, and I sang in choirs, and I sang in plays and musicals.
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I read everything by Ian McEwan, he is so elegant. I love reading anything about Shakespeare, too. He is my first love. If I had a time machine, I would be hanging out with him.
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Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.
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I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.
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Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out of them. I've taken something from probably every average to above-average pitcher I've ever played with - what they do. You see what they do and how you can put that into your game.
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I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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Overstimulation of the adrenal glands (with consequent exhaustion of the spirit) is the price of our incorporation within the male womb of the modern corporate society.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week.
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There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
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Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.
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I was told, 'Your career's made by what you don't do,' and that always stuck with me. I drive my agent mad!
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Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
