Ringo Starr Quotes
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I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there.
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We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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I am also one of those persons who were transformed, who grew out of the Soviet system and transformed myself into the new Russia.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us.
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For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is in third grade, where there is a person, and things happen to them, and then something big happens, and they realize something new.
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I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.
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I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.
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I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.
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I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
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Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.
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My dream was always to be on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated.'
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If anyone can crack the publicity nut and figure out how to not come across hammy and contrived, I'd love to talk to them.
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The language of the heroic is something that has evolved over time.
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.
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It's cool having a little bit of money to do your thing.
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And yet it will be obvious that it is difficult to really know of what sort each thing is.
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I got blisters on my fingers!
