Kaye Gibbons Quotes
You’ll find your one-in-a-million. But you’re sharp enough to know there’s no point in sludging through the first nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand, and ninety-nine to get to him.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.
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One child is never enough for a monarch.
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Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull off enough damaging or frightening attacks to force this issue to the fore.
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It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
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At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.
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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.
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Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the method is easy enough to carry out.
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You buy a new iPhone, a few months later, another new iPhone comes out, and you get online to buy another one. You can't get enough. You are addicted to Apple.
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StyleHaul will allow me more opportunities to express my point of view in the lifestyle and fashion space.
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You alone are enough.
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Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
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People say it takes 10 years to change your life. It's bullshit. It takes a moment, a second. But it may take you 10 years to get to the point of finally saying, "Enough."
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I invested in the album. Look, if I never did anything again in music, it wouldn’t affect my life materially. I live a very satisfying life. Not because I’ve made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that’s the American dream: to be at peace at home.
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Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. For me, the spark that turns an acquaintance into a friend has usually been kindled by some shared enthusiasm . . . At fifteen, I couldn't say two words about the weather or how I was doing, but I could come up with a paragraph or two about the album Charlie Parker with Strings. In high school, I made the first real friends I ever had because one of them came up to me at lunch and started talking about the Cure.
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You’ll find your one-in-a-million. But you’re sharp enough to know there’s no point in sludging through the first nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand, and ninety-nine to get to him.
