Lester Holt Quotes
You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I studied Morse code.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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People work hard.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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How we get power, how cars are powered, when the technology and resources to have something that is infinitely better, we still use old-school technology. We're still using that same exact structure.
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We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works better that way. And society at large will work better as well if we can get rid of these old institutions and hierarchies. New innovations like the block chain can make this possible.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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I will never, most likely, be good at the piano, but thanks to it, I will never forget the humbling, infuriating, necessary slowness of progress in any artistic endeavor.
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Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
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I never wanted to end up in entertainment; that wasn't the goal.
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And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out of my seat. (Buddy)
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It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.
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You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.
