Daniel R. Scoggin Quotes
Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
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A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?
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I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
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I'm not someone who feels settled.
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Bombay, which sold about 120,000 copies, is widely rated as my most successful work, though Roja is definitely the score that brought me where I am today.
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It is a fact not to be disputed, that the aristocracy have not 'progressed ' in proportion to the other classes. A young nobleman of the present day has not a better education than his ancestor in the time of Elizabeth.
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It doesn't matter what background you come from; it doesn't matter what your circumstances are - you can survive.
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My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.
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I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.
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As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.
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I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.
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When chefs like Wolfgang Puck became household names, that became a compelling reason for an intelligent young person to go into the cooking profession. There have been no waiters who have turned into household names. The service and hospitality aspects have clearly lagged behind the kitchen.
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I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.
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The fire first has to be laid before the match can be put to it.
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Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin.
