Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.
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The only power you have is the word no.
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Everybody likes compliment.
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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'
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The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so.
