Billy Joel Quotes
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the bills; keep artists happy; and cope with collectors (oy!), curators (ay-yi-yi), critics (woo-hoo!), and occasionally plumbers. That their fiscal life often hangs in the balance only adds to the energy.
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Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance?
