Karl Albrecht Quotes
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.
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The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
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Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate.
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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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Got ants in my pants and I need to dance, so big fine mama, come give me a chance.
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Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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Nothing would please me more than if they were released in the next few days, but I don't want to raise the hopes of people detained.
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Don't you ever, EVER talk that way about television.
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The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it in your blood, not in the head.
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I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.
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Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.
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So long as we are in conflict with our body, we cannot find peace of mind.
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The collages I never wanted to sell. I thought it was a very private thing, so I kept the collages. Then, in the end, I had a big collage in the Pinault Collection in Venice and the director of the Centre Pompidou said, "Did you make big collages like this in the '60s?" I said yes, so he came to the studio and said, "Let's make an exhibition in the Pompidou."
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Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.
