Brian Baker Quotes
If you're top 10 in the world, it's not like you are going to be a slosh on a hard court, ... I knew I'd have to come out there and play my best tennis, and fortunately, I did.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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I'm very independent.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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I'm not doing no more 'Flavor of Loves.' I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. You can't stay on the same page in order to get to the next chap.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.
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If you're going to get in trouble for hitting someone, might as well hit them hard.
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Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term to describe portfolios that have been assembled for purposes other than serving the clients' best interests.
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
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If you're top 10 in the world, it's not like you are going to be a slosh on a hard court, ... I knew I'd have to come out there and play my best tennis, and fortunately, I did.
