Burt Reynolds Quotes
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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When I look back over my career, there was so much stress. And it was because of the business. It was always because of the business.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
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After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.
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I have the ability to create and be in touch with God. I can't change bread and wine into body and blood, but I can take the scum or the slime of the earth and make it into a man or woman.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.
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What we have to do is get the corporations to understand you must include African-American-owned media.
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If you have less weight, you have less strength.
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I just try to get people to laugh - I'm not trying to change the world or anything.
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I feel basically good about my career because it's remained constant. What I do has never been especially in vogue or gotten high on the charts. At the same time, I haven't had to stop performing any of my music because it aged in style.
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What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs.
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If you hold on to things long enough, they get back into style. Like me.
