Bud Collins Quotes
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
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My longing for truth was a single prayer.
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Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.
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There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
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People say McGregor is tall and all that. He's as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a longer reach, but I've fought Nate Diaz and Cerrone, who had reach advantage, and fought Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson.
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The public use of a man's reason must be free at all times, and this alone can bring enlightenment among men...
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Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.
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It is best to marry for purely selfish reasons.
Anita Brookner -
I spent 34 months on the battleship Alabama, South Dakota-class. I was a gun captain. First we went to Russia for about 11 months with the British convoys. Then we were up in Norway and Scandinavia.
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To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period.
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You never know where life is going to take you. So everything I do, I just take it one day at a time, and it always leads you to the right place.
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Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried.
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We're to blame for the 'bad blood.' Not Putin. The real meaning of America First is Blame America First.
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I have always wanted to be a gardener, and I love the time I spend in my garden.
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The next time Barbie played they had towels ready to hold around her.
