Charles Piazzi Smyth Quotes
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I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
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I adore Quentin Tarantino. The 'Kill Bill' series is my favorite.
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I was a 'Glee' fan before I joined the show! Since my background is musical theater, it was exciting to see a TV show that incorporated music so much and in such a genius way.
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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
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When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
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Since I was a child, my father was sick. I've always known him to be that way. That's why I'm proud of him - he has a disease he's obviously struggling with, but he's not letting it stop him from doing what he wants to do.
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Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.
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Brains, you see, vary a lot from person to person - they vary as much as faces do.
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You cut your life down for spite!
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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I had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. They made it quite clear to the Army that they would not play a team with a black player on it. Instead of telling me the truth, the Army gave me leave to go home.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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He seemed like a cool person to me. He sits by the benches with us while we are playing.
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Coaches build teams, parents build players.
