Tony Abbott Quotes
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother read me 'Gone With The Wind' at night, before I went to bed. I remember her reading almost all year.
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Becoming a human doing was exactly what society needed. But for an individual man, becoming a human doing was his undoing.
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I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.
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Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.
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I have been a Jack Albertson fan forever.
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When your arms are out wide, you'll capture love and joy and golden moments but other things, too. Mistrust will sneak in on a wave of that joy, and complications will ride the backs of the golden moments, and there will be both love and the risks of love. That's the way it is. That's the design.
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As our economy advances, our government and our laws need to modernize, too.
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It is hard to get good actors who also do television, ads and films. Theatre requires six weeks of rehearsal for a play.
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In my business, if I get too close to you and you die, it hurts me. And so you develop a natural inclination not to be close to the patient, so that if things don't work out ideally, you can still get up the next day and care for the next patient.
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It's such a waste, sleep. You're just lying there.
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My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.
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To move past fear is a cliche.
