Antonio Carlos Jobim Quotes
I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.
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I'd assumed that a deal was a deal when Princeton admitted me, but I was wrong. The price of getting in - to the university itself, and to the great world it promised to open up - was an endless dunning for nebulous services that weren't included in the initial quote.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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Donald Trump did denounce David Duke's support.
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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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You really want some natural way for people to get Bitcoins, as part of their paycheck or some other activity so they can turn around and spend them. It's much better if the Bitcoin economy is a self-contained thing.
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I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country.
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I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry.
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If you hear my idea and dont believe it , thats not your fault its mine.
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When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.
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I knew Tiger was special the day he was born.
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I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.
