Carol Burnett Quotes
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
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Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
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If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.
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Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years.
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What kind of business world are we living in?
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I used the best technique that I knew to protect my files.
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Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.
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I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.
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I remember Nayim at Tottenham dived all over the place, and we used to say to him, 'What are you doing?' You do talk about it.
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I've always been very determined. I don't get easily discouraged.
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In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.
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I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
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Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.
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It should stimulate the mind as well as the appetite. The well made cocktail is one of the most gracious of drinks. It pleases the senses. The shared delight of those who partake in common of this refreshing nectar breaks the ice of formal reserve. Taut nerves relax, taut muscles relax, tired eyes brighten, tongues loosen, friendships deepen, the whole world becomes a better place in which to live.
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Love is the main generator of all good writing... Love, passion, compassion, are all welded together.
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Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be part of this understanding; and on the other level, Al Jazeera should concentrate on the margin rather than the centre. It means that Al Jazeera should be close to the public.
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It's all about competitiveness: are you making the products that people really do want and value, and are you making it more efficiently and using less resources and less time than the competition?
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I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.
