George Washington Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
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The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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The special relationship between twins is that, if there's anyone else in the world that's going to get or be the confidant that you need, it's an identical twin.
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Christianity and Judaism have gone through the laundromat of humanism and enlightenment, but that is not the case with Islam.
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I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way.
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Knew I how to pray, to intercede for your broken Foot were intuitive - but I am but a Pagan.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding my own needs - to be working on a specific project at a specific time, and fortunately more often it works than fails.
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Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.
