Little Louie Vega Quotes
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
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People don't know that there were very successful black businessmen in the years of apartheid.
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We are what we believe we are.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.
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In 1957, at the age of 18, I entered Kyoto University, which was known to be the most active institution in the research of polymer chemistry.
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The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you're comfortable. You need to find a persona that is very much like you, but slightly caricatured.
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The music business is a crazy game, especially for somebody like me who is really a purist about the art. Trying to balance the pressures of commercialism, it's a tightrope. It's a fine line between sticking to your guns and insanity.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality.
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For me, family has always been one of the key reasons to make music.
