Major Taylor Quotes
Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy.
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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I hate singing. I hate dancing. I enjoyed doing 'Cabaret' and 'Assassins,' but I would wither up and die in 'The Music Man.'
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Viola Davis is incredible - she's kind of the biggest career-wise inspiration for me. Brilliant actor, so intelligent, so strong. The path that she's made is incredible.
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I think Americans want to believe in this country again.
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Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
