Edwin Lefevre Quotes
What beat me was not having brains enough to stick to my own game—that is, to play the market only when I was satisfied that precedents favored my play.
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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I didn't really want to be a teacher, but there was nothing else I could be. Most of those who went to the university became teachers. It was just the racial restriction on Africans.
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With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.
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I would like to be a terrorist for music education - to make a complete reform, all over the world.
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You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
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People like to be around those who give off positive energy.
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The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
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You need to be ahead of the game just enough so that you can have what people want in the shops when they want it.
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One disco, one soft ball game, one lost love, one gay pride rally at a time.
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What beat me was not having brains enough to stick to my own game—that is, to play the market only when I was satisfied that precedents favored my play.
