George Strait Quotes
In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'
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But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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The Metropolitan Opera, of course, is the gold standard in opera. The Met experience includes the huge stage, the vast audience, the elaborate sets. Anyone who saw 'Faust' there - I did - knows exactly what hell is like, complete with fire, smoke and terror.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.
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That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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Burton Cummings joining the Guess Who in January 1966 changed my life forever. It's been a rocky affiliation, no doubt. One journalist once described our relationship as the longest running soap opera in Canadian history. That may be a bit oversimplified.
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The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.
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He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.
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There's nothing like coming home here, having the day off or morning off and going surfing. In Orlando I don't know what I would do.
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I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having.
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In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.
