Sam Walton Quotes
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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I was the hallway clown in high school.
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Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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People don't talk to me the way they would other people. They kind of look at me, but they never come over. It makes me feel like there's something wrong with me.
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I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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I absolutely should be on social media, and I think every person who's an influencer should be, and should be doing good things.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
