Alvin Lee Quotes
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire to you in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of effort.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all it is, then we've gotta as: how many nuclear weapons do you need to do that?
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
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Sometimes in life, there are no second chances
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I think you want to try every sport possible just to experience life.
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I've got so many big gains to make in the javelin and the shot put. I know I'm not going to be winning the field in those events, but I need to do myself justice.
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I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.
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I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.
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It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.
