Cecil Dawkins Quotes
People think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.
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We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.
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Any time you can give consumers more of what they want, it's a good thing. Unbundling the album is a good thing. In the case of music - because it is content that you can slice into songs - doing that is of huge benefit to consumers.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.
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Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
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You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.
Garry Kasparov -
People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.
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Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.
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When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo.
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I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.
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What could be better than working with people you love?
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People may not know this about me, but I've always loved cooking. My favorite thing to cook is my mom's spicy spaghetti.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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People love to talk about new and different. They don't always love to buy and read new and different.
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If you tell people, 'that old banger of yours, we're going to tax the hell out of it,' they'll rightly tell you to get lost. But if you tell people that when they next buy a car, the tax will be adjusted so that the cleanest ones will cost less and the polluting ones will cost more, most people would say 'fair enough.'
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Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.
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A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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There were 23 or 24 separate tax cuts during the Giuliani administration. I'd love to be able to equal that.
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I don't actually go on the Internet that much.
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People think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.
