Michael Jackson Quotes

A lot of people misunderstand me. That's because they don't know me at all.

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• I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

  

  Larry Wilcox
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• A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Friends
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• It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.

  

  Owen Hart
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• All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

  

  Wale
  • Time
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• I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.

  

  Patrick Stewart
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• If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
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• The great object is that every man be armed.

  

  Patrick Henry
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• I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.

  

  Karrie Webb
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• As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.

  

  Dan Simmons
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  • Meant To Be

• I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
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• The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.

  

  Karl Lehmann
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• Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.

  

  C. S. Forester
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• I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.

  

  Damian Loeb
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• I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.

  

  Yoko Ono
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  • Stage

• I thought: 'Gosh, it really has been worth the wait.' And I think had I gone with Evita, I probably wouldn't have been ready to deal with it. It was just the most perfect time to go with that particular show.

  

  Elaine Paige
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• By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

  

  Edward Livingston
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• I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger - every time I speak on radio or television.

  

  Mary Beard
  • Time
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• I'm looking for human stories to do.

  

  Keegan-Michael Key

• Maybe someday, I'll just make, like, a complete on-demand record that everybody wants to hear. But that would be impossible and, also, I just changed my mind. I don't think I'll ever do that.

  

  Jeff Buckley
  • Mind

• Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.

  

  Anita Roddick
  • People
  • Money
  • Business

• We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player.

  

  James Young Styx
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• Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt.

  

  John Hench
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  • Respect

• And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It's like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders.

  

  Edie Brickell
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• A lot of people misunderstand me. That's because they don't know me at all.

  

  Michael Jackson
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