Bette Ford Quotes
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
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I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.
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I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.
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The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
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I'll watch anything, from action to art films.
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It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.
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Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
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If we judge by wealth and power, our times are the best of times; if the times have made us willing to judge by wealth and power, they are the worst of times.
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If you don't save something on your current income, you won't save anything on your future income.
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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
Garry Kasparov -
The image of the sun where it falls appears as a thing which covers the person who attempts to cover it.
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You have an excellent heart, my friend - but your grey cells are in a deplorable condition.
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If the 19th century was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the 'collective' century, and therefore the century of the state.
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Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then.
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It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.
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I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.
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What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, 'If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven,' there is no basis for discipleship.
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I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. Relief, but certainly not pleasure.
