Oscar Peterson Quotes
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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I am only a dog lover, and I have a nice fawn-colored one at home.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
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As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I want to try everything.
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I am a just man.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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Well, love motivates me in everything I do.
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Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.
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I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.
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The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.
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I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
