Barry Lyga Quotes
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For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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If we are going to list guitar influences, the biggest one by far is Wes Montgomery. Also, Gary Burton was obviously huge for me in a number of ways. But beyond that, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.
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All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?
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From my own kind I only learnHow foolish comfort is
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I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it.
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I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been only a question of improving it, and learning more and more and there is almost no end. As you go through you just keep finding more and more. It's very interesting, it's fascinating.
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I'm going to go on just living and laughing and loving.
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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.
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I actually moved from engineering to acting. I think what's important is how talented and passionate you are.
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I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.
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There is no dignity without work. You can't tell someone who has nothing to eat to stay patient.
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Culture is very important to the Mavs. Your best player has to be a fit for what you want the culture of the team to be. He has to be someone who leads by example. Someone who sets the tone in the locker room and on the court. It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings.
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Hope is the denial of reality.
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I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music.
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As the polarization in D.C. spreads, the people willing to come to the middle find less and less acceptance.
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I just don't know artistically - because I don't write my own music - I don't know artistically what an album would mean for me. I don't know what I would want to say with an album that would be unique to me - something that hasn't been done before. I'm just not sure what that is. But I'm absolutely open to it.
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Sometimes hope could be the most frightening thing in the world.
