Clarence W. Barron Quotes
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Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
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My music can be a little obscure. It does worry me that the music might be too complicated for people to take in - that they have to work too hard at it.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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It was a bit unimaginable when I began that I'd ever get to 25 books. But it was also unimaginable how much crime-writing would have changed.
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Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
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I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.
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Be yourself, but always your better self.
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What's in my mind is that I'm investing in people. It might be through a building or a program, but I'm investing in people. And the people that I'm investing in are underprivileged or hold a core value that I believe in.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
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If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.
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In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
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Everything can be improved.
