Galen Beckett Quotes
Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much
Quotes to Explore
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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I find that men are far more vain than women.
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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In tactics and training, we do more with Conte. We work a lot of tactical positions, and we know exactly what we have to do on the pitch, where I have to go, and where the defenders have to go. We know exactly what to do.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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'The Devil's Dictionary' reads like a collection of great Twitter posts. And as people do with tweets, they can swipe Bierce's best lines and recite them as nearly their own. The reflected glory of reposting.
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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
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Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much
