Edward Ball Quotes
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
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Mantle didn't want to stick out, but he did. He didn't wish to be treated as special, but he was. He was uncomfortable being the center of attention, but he was the centerfielder for the most famous franchise in sports.
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All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.
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If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.
