Edith Schaeffer Quotes
People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
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Being Bob Marley's son has done many things for me, in terms of having a career in music. I'm very proud of my music, and I'm very proud of where I'm from. People hear that I'm Bob Marley's son, and they turn on my music to listen just out of curiosity.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
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It's interesting that some people reading the comics see Scott Pilgrim as a blank slate in that they like to imagine themselves as Scott Pilgrim, so it's interesting that there are two kind of schools of thought about the character. One is, like, Scott Pilgrim is awesome. The second is Scott Pilgrim believes himself to be awesome.
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It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.
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It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
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The possibilities for creation and insight are endless. We're constantly collecting more data, and it's starting to be very relevant to our lives.
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People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
