Don McLean Quotes
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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 have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.
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I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.
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I was kind of lost for several years.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.'s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian's hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
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For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.
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I don't mind how many letters I receive from one who interests me as much as you do. The receptive part of correspondence I can carry on with much alacrity. It is writing answers that I groan over.
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This deranged jungle of ironies coinhabits my skull like feathers and fireworks. My heart fills with stones. I am the mad aunt who laughs her head off at the funeral. There rises in me the most inappropriate hysteria in this most somber of places.
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My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'
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Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.
