Bob Stoops Quotes
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
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Never give up, and never give in.
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'Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted by Homer. It does for paganism what the Old Testament attempted to do for monotheism.
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I do not have PTSD, but if I watch part of a movie like 'The Hurt Locker,' or when I spend time around Blackhawk helicopters, I will close my eyes that night and live an entire day in Iraq, flying my missions. I remember the smell and the feel and the heat and everything about it. Then I wake up in Illinois, and I'm exhausted.
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I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.
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I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I don't want to be the angry guy.
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If you have 8-foot ceilings, you'll want a low sofa, which gives the impression that the ceiling is taller than it is. In a room with a high ceiling, you want a high-back sofa to be a weighty presence that can hold up to the room.
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It's easy to jump on any one guy when something goes wrong.
