Alan Bates Quotes
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.
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I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
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I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve.
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If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.
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I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I spent my high school years in Minnesota. And then I spent my college years in Colorado. And then I spent some time living in China. And then I spent three years in Vermont before moving down to Nashville.
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I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
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Young people are this awesome, creative, hopeful untapped resource out there.
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You must always be faster and better than the others.
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All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban farming and waste reduction to restorative justice and zero-carbon housing. But most of these are growing despite, not because of, help from governments.
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Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.
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The history of the Church has been a history of divisiveness, repression and reaction. For almost 2000 years, Christianity has held mankind back in politics, in economics, in industry, in science, in philosophy, in culture.
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Dogs don't make mistakes.
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You've got to have steel in you somewhere.
