Willie Stargell (Pops) Quotes
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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I'm very self-critical.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to be understood, to be told that it's OK, that you're not isolated and broken, that this is part of the human challenge, and that there is hope. The capacity for online interactions to do that is powerful.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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A prig is a pompous fool who has gone out for a ceremonial walk, and without knowing it has lost an important part of his attire, namely, his sense of humour.
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In the end, no matter how my records are panned or praised, if there are kids and communities in developing nations that have improved living conditions and are finally getting access to things we all have a basic right to clean water, education, healthcare because I am able to advocate, raise awareness or funds in some small way, then my life has achieved something that in the end means far more than having the track or album of the moment.
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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
