John Oates Quotes
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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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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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flourish, and create good jobs for our people.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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If somebody says I'm a leader or notices the things I try to do to be a leader, it's the ultimate compliment.
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I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
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I love girl power.
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To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment.
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My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.
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Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.
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The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain.
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There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
