Corey Dillon Quotes
I'm just going about my business. Am I going to bend over backwards to assure everybody that I'm a good guy? No, I'm not going to do it.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
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I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.
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The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
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You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder.
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My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
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The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ.
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Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.
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Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.
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I think that it is important that one grows a thick skin fast in this business, and I think we have done that.
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Ultimately, an aircraft owner does not want to have to deal with all the intricate details which are necessary for the business.
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Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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I'm just going about my business. Am I going to bend over backwards to assure everybody that I'm a good guy? No, I'm not going to do it.
