Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear, drawn up with letters, and only in football is the field itself lined like a sheet of notebook paper.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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The rise of democracy was driven by the citizens' desire to escape from the paternalistic and arbitrary charity of those with money. They accomplished this by replacing charity with a fair, balanced, arm's-length system of public obligation. The principle tool of that obligation was taxation.
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Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.
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If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State.
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He was afraid that he was becoming just like his father, who was always angry and rarely talked with his children—except to compare them unfavorably with his comrades who had lost their lives around Christmas 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
