Pat Oliphant Quotes
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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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 think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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Til I was 10 years, I didn't know I had only two siblings. I always thought I had 10 and that they were all my family.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
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Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.
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Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.
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Sir John Hall was a multi-millionaire when I came back to Newcastle. With all the players I've bought, I'm trying to make him just an ordinary millionaire.
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Whenever I perform I try to connect with the crowd and give off energy so when they walk away from the show its remarkable and its something they talk about it, like 'damn I cant wait to come back to my show.'
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You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to make an actor shine. I'm of the mind that there's no one - you, your mother, anyone, that if in the right place at the right time in the right context, couldn't shine in a movie. And so if it means, "Oh, I have to make them uncomfortable," then whatever it takes to get what I need up onscreen. It's all in the service of the story.
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I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
