Tommy Bolin (Thomas Richard Bolin) Quotes
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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I have never spoken to Eminem. I've never even spoken to him once.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict, we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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History is fickle. We know that. The good and bad come around and go around, and go around again. There are recessions and depressions and economic boom and bust.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I've only been on MTV once as one of their 'Closet Classics,' with some bootleg footage of a 1970 tour I did in Holland. They didn't know what to make of my music, but they finally invented a name for it - world beat music.
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I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.
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I think, as a woman in action in the business, you would be stupid not to express interest. Any female action role that presents itself as an opportunity I would throw myself at!
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I was excited to make my own 'Neverland.'
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You have to continue to grow and evolve as individuals in order for your marriage to evolve. It takes two pillars to support a structure. If those two pillars become one, you have a structure that teeters.
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It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
Garry Kasparov
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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What you get at the BMI Workshop is the rarest commodity in New York City: Friendly criticism; people who genuinely root for you; and a chance to rewrite your work, try it again, and hone your craft.
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The French are very bizarre. There is this collective depiction: 'We're in decline, we're being assailed, we must protect ourselves.'
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Nancy Reagan actually took some movies that she didn't want to take because they were [with Ronald Reagan] really strapped for cash.
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But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
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The best money I made was panhandling.
