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I'm not good at remembering things, in general.

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• Education is so important.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Important
  • Education

• If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.

  

  Malcolm X
  • You
  • Dog
  • Equality

• Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • May
  • Business

• The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is, about a dozen years ago, we got a 'Man of the Year' award in New York City, the Hotel Plaza, from the USO.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Man
  • City
  • Trump

• He's got tons of experience, and he's a very good holder. We felt like it was somebody we need to look at.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Game

• You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Comeback
  • Burn
  • Healed

• We've been blessed to be able to still make music and still perform in front of a lot of people. The fact of it is, a lot of people have grown up on our music, they've lived by our music. Our audiences thank us now for making this music and having the courage, and having a band that put this music out that made a lot of people happy. Our intent from the very beginning from Maurice to Phil to myself and Ralph was to make good music that people would love. We're proud of that.

  

  Verdine White Earth, Wind & Fire
  • Blessed
  • Music
  • People

• When I'm not working or promoting something, I try to be as under-the-radar as I can.

  

  Scarlett Johansson
  • Working
  • Promoting
  • Radar

• I think ballads transcend better into my work when I remix something.

  

  Cedric Gervais
  • Work
  • Transcend
  • Ballads

• I was gonna live with Todd Gill, another young player, and the general manager grabbed me by the collar, put me against the wall and said, 'You're living with a family. Find one,'

  

  Luke Richardson
  • Live
  • Family
  • Player

• Men, in general, are but great children.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Great
  • Men
  • Children

• It took me a long time to understand not to get caught up in other people's expectations. It really comes down to creative fulfillment. It took me a while to realize I don't want to just be on a show to be on a show.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Long
  • Creative
  • Realizing

• I'm not good at remembering things, in general.

  

  John Prine
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