Don McLean Quotes
Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Isolationism is over.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I opened about a dozen employment centers for Arab women across Israel during my two years as minister of economy.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.
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I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in.
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There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion.
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God wants to bless us where we are.
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Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant that a person was willing to interact politely with people of lower social ranks. In Jane Austen's world, a lady praised for her condescension was receiving a sincere compliment.
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Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.
