Phil Collins Quotes
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When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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Tokenization applies to scarce assets. Today, the most appropriate thing to tokenize is something that's purely digital. Bitcoin and ethereum are the canonical.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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I believe in backing players and helping them out with their game.
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I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.
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The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.
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The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation. Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world’s largest democracy.
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I hope to show the great worth of women. So far as I'm concerned, we're still underappreciated.
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You get a feeling about things, and if you trust yourself, which I've grown to do, I felt like I had a pretty good indication of how to play the role.
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I think a lot of times we can get distracted and not be in the moment with people and be missing all the life happening in the moment.
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The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.
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There's many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that's the reality of what music is.
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The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.
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When you finally have kids, you realize how selfish you are. I think we are naturally selfish beings. When you have kids, that can kind of be a shock at first. I think just trying to make time for yourself is very hard. Especially now that I have 3, finding that time can be very difficult.
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The whole process of music for me is something absolutely honest and really naked and bare, so I never forced myself to write in French.
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I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.
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Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.
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I believe in myself, and that's why I take criticism. You need to be very strong to survive in Bollywood. If someone calls me a bad actress, I won't live with it but will work towards improving myself.
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I think we're going to look back on the Internet in 50 to 100 years as a big mistake.
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I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
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I'd like to say to Mr. and Mrs. Khan: thank you for immigrating to America. We're a better country because of you. And you are certainly right; your son was the best of America, and the memory of his sacrifice will make us a better nation - and he will never be forgotten.
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I prefer black music in general.
