A. A. Milne Quotes
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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I'm interested in sites that help people find information and filter what's available. The Internet is so big that no one can stay on top of everything.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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They don't send people from large corporations to hire people to make sculptures.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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My holy grail is fusion energy. Nuclear fusion has little to no radioactive waste. It's clean. It's very abundant. The fuels are everywhere. There are problems with fusion.
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The world is changing... I don't, as a consumer, want advertising that's not relevant. If we're going to take a side, let's take the side of the consumer.
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The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game.
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Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
