Linda Thompson Quotes
When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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When you're in trouble, all you need is your bank card and passport, and you're fine.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood for the right for suffrage for African-American men who had served in the Civil War. And that's a limited suffrage, but it was quite radical at the time.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.
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I did perform in punk bands, but it was more about shouting and snarling than about any beautiful music. I enjoyed singing in 'The Golden Circle' - I've never sung in a movie before.
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I'm not saying I came up with anything laughs. It's like people thinking we would be more real if we went onstage in jeans and T-shirts. How ignorant is that, to think that because they don't wear a suit onstage that someone is giving you the real deal? People do come and see us and think, 'Look at all these gimmicks.' Go ahead, man. Go ahead and think that.
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When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer.
