Charles Baxter (Charles Morley Baxter) Quotes
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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As long as people have been making little people, they've wanted to know how not to.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
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I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
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Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.
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Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
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I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.'
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Go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life.
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I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.
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I wanted the opportunity to work with Judy Davis and Simon Wincer.
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Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.
