Bette Ford Quotes
Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as a sport, an unfair sport. If you're in Spain or Mexico it's absolutely not a sport; it's not thought of as a sport and it's not written about as a sport. It has elements of public spectacle, but then so does, for example, the Super Bowl. It has elements of a deeply entrenched, deeply conservative tradition, a tradition that resists change, as you pointed out.
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The air you breathe, the stones that fall on your head, we had to be on guard.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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People would tell us, 'I love your company, but I want to go to Chicago or Boston or New York.'
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Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.
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We'd be better off if we only had the words 'I love you.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
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I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
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Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as a sport, an unfair sport. If you're in Spain or Mexico it's absolutely not a sport; it's not thought of as a sport and it's not written about as a sport. It has elements of public spectacle, but then so does, for example, the Super Bowl. It has elements of a deeply entrenched, deeply conservative tradition, a tradition that resists change, as you pointed out.
