Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
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With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
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I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I came to L.A. with confidence in my craft, and I was very offended when I didn't get a part. It took me awhile to understand that it is not always about your acting.
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A lot of people work out to be skinny. That's so boring, and it seems like a depressing goal for a modern woman.
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I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women. You can see that clearly with things like 'The Hunger Games.'
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So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.
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When I was at 'SNL,' I would constantly get in arguments, 'Why aren't we more political? We're not going after Bush.' Then look what happened - that Sarah Palin season, they were on fire. It was about something.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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The most important thing in life is to love what you're doing, because that's the only way you'll ever be really good at it.
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I had the chance to play with Benny 'The King' Carter here in Copenhagen for three days in the Montmartre, and two days in Paris. 'What a Thrill.' He knows so much music, and he is the only person that I get the shakes trying to play my horn behind or with him (smile). However, it was a ball.
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Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.
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I would love to have the honor to get to work with Meryl Streep. I love her and I love her work.
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There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.
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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
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I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.
