T. S. Eliot Quotes
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I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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I know politics; I know the media.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
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I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.
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Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.
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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
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The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
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I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.
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A penny for the Old Guy
