Aaron Neville Quotes
We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
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I'm always very happy to talk to people. I relate to people, and the guy on stage is very much the guy that's off stage. People know when it's fake.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and work on that. It's a process, but it's achievable... It's my job to be healthy.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
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I've got the most fabulous children and grandchildren.
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People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
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If you were to do it again, you'd probably do some things differently. But the decision is right to have a single entity manage the water and the waste water for a country.
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I will laugh at the world. And most of all, I will laugh at myself for man is most comical when he takes himself too seriously.
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We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
