Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.
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I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.
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Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.
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Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.
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I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I like to see that someone's put a lot of labor into making something.
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Do your best and let God do the rest.
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Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.
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My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what.
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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Improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing. That's a kind of paradoxical thing about improvising.
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For me, I love Marc Anthony a lot. He's one of my dad's favorite artists, and I listened to him a lot growing up.
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People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.
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Comic strips introduced me to metaphors. They are pure metaphor, so you learn how to tell a story with symbols, which is a very valuable thing to learn. And I learned that from motion pictures, too, and from poetry. Poetry is mainly metaphor. If it doesn't have a metaphor, it doesn't work.
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As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving.
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Hope is the denial of reality.
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The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
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I can't perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it'll distract from the whole persona.
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Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.
