Effa Manley Quotes
People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.
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The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply their satisfaction usually find boredom instead.
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People don't make good Anchors, though, Craig. They change.
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We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.
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If you try to do your best there is no failure.
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People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.
