Georges Pompidou Quotes
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It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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I don't take myself too seriously.
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I took acting five times as seriously as anyone else. I just couldn't show it.
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Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
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Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.
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I love to take baths.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.
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I don't take myself seriously in the slightest, so it does amaze me that I've ended up being in all these very dark, sinister plays. But I love it because, touch wood, I'm lucky enough not to have that level of darkness in my life.
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Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thinking!
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One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.
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We need one or two more pitchers. We'll see. I always said that any team can be good with two or three good pitchers. The best example is the Atlanta Braves with Maddux, Smoltz and Glavine back in the day.
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The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.
