Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel (Seal) Quotes
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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You reach a point where you don't work for money.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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We're not looking at banning all weapons.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
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All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.
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I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks.
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Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs.
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If one person in a thousand criticized me while all the others cheered, I didn't hear the cheers.
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Packing is my pet hate.
