Ike Turner Quotes
I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
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Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were doing with their hand and what was happening on the screen took some time to grasp. But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.
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There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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Joe Dugan, who was my roommate on the Yankees, was an honorary pallbearer, too. He was standing next to me as they were carrying the Babe down the steps of St. Pat's Cathedral here in New York. There must have been 5,000 people standing around on the sides of the street, and it was tremendous.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that reflects the one most people live in. Gay people are just one aspect of that.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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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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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
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What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.
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I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.
