George Zimmer Quotes
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My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be.
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My energy levels are off the charts. I can run all day, I breathe well, and I sweat a lot, so the toxins and impurities come out of my body.
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There is no rule book, no right or wrong; you just have to make it up and do the very best you can to care for your family.
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.
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Electricity does not centralize, but decentralizes. (p. 36)
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People will feel the way they feel.
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And you know, ... it is pretty much a rallying cry for everything we do. I mean, we may turn those guitars up -- and play hard and loud -- but in the end, we're all about taking country music and setting it on stun. That's what we do, and that's what this song is about.
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I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a New York where everyone who wants a good job can find one. I see a New York where the people can believe in a grounded government again.
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I believe in giving people a second chance.
