Allan Carr Quotes
A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.
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I like things simple.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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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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All of us grow.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
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Whenever I was on the podium, it felt weird. I was obviously happy to have done well, but it wasn't truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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Nonfiction means that our stories are as true and accurate as possible. Readers expect - demand - diligence.
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Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable.
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A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.
