Bob Stokes Quotes
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.
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Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.
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The film industry has been extremely welcoming to me. It's an industry which is biased to what they think is talent. If they think you can bring value to cinema, they'll support you.
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As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone.
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You can forgive yourself a great deal.
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I'm a beauty guru, I just love all of that stuff. We have a makeup artist for 'Dance Moms' that touches us up and stuff, but I love doing my own makeup; sometimes I do my friends', too. My favorite is doing eye shadow and eyeliner.
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Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
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Listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world
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‘Are you sure?’ I said that sure was just what I wasn’t anything but.
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Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.
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During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.
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Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?
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Glibness will get your anywhere.
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Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.
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Mountain climbing was one of Mother's favorite occupations, but she never succeeded in inculcating this passion in any of us.
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In sixth grade, my status as a Boy Scout was not something I went out of my way to share. In fact, I spent most of my adolescence attempting to keep it a secret from those who might use it as a source of derision. The off-brown collared shirt and forest-green sash were not something I would have ever been caught wearing in front of my friends.
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But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.
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Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.
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With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if you look at Mozart, who had this strict classical framework - an allegro, an andante, a scherzo and a finale - you see that within that formula, he got results he might never have gotten if he had all the options in the world.
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We all idolize sports figures, and we see them fall from grace. You just truly never know anybody anymore.
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Most saints live to regret their career choice.
