Alvin Morris (Tony Martin) Quotes
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I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
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Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature.
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Making a book is such a big enterprise.
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.
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The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.
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My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.
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Living life as normally as possible gives you a richer well of experiences to draw from.
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Love and despair go hand in hand.
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I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.
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Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.
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When I was 17, a neighbour I knew well died of cancer, and I became au pair to her three little girls. In circumstances like that, when you can't really help, I think it's a human response to do something beyond oneself. So I did a sponsored parachute jump for Cancer Research. It was exciting and ridiculous.
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Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
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I want people to feel good after I sing.
