Bryan Adams Quotes

And I thought well, if Tina Turner can go up there and she can give everything for 500 people, no matter how sick I am, I can make it happen too.

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• We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

  

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• I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.

  

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• Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.

  

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• I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.

  

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• But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

  

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• If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.

  

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• There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Up
  • Parent
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• I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.

  

  Fat Joe
  • House
  • Food
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• On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.

  

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  • Strong
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• The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

  

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  • Big
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• Speed can't always get you wickets.

  

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  • You
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• All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

  

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  • Life
  • Better
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• Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

  

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  • Control
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  • Greatest

• One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.

  

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  • People
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• The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

  

  Ed Markey
  • War
  • Terrorism
  • Engage

• Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.

  

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  • Community
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  • Moment

• A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

  

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  • Good
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• At this very moment in time there will be people making, breaking relationships, regretting deeply what they've done, and causing hurt, but that is a fact of life, and if we weren't full of emotion, we'd be automatons, and I don't think people want us to be that.

  

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• There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'

  

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• I started off doing theater as a kid, and I always played a character. I hid behind the script and was told where to go. But to actually perform as yourself is very difficult. I didn't used to enjoy it, but now I do.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Character
  • Enjoy
  • Yourself

• I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Pain
  • Joy
  • Mistake

• I love '70s organic architecture. I am very influenced by the time when I grew up.

  

  Alexandre de Betak
  • Up
  • Time
  • Architecture

• And I thought well, if Tina Turner can go up there and she can give everything for 500 people, no matter how sick I am, I can make it happen too.

  

  Bryan Adams
  • People
  • Up
  • She