Gordon Lightfoot Quotes
Some say he was a sailor who died away at seaSome say he was a prisoner who never was set freeLost upon the ocean he died there in the mistDreaming of a kissBitter Green they called her walking in the sunLoving everyone that she metBitter Green they called her waiting in the sunWaiting for someone to take her home
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against predators. But when you get down to the bottom of the ocean, that's where things get really strange.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods' bodies the same shape as their own.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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My record speaks for itself.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.
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The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.
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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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Some say he was a sailor who died away at seaSome say he was a prisoner who never was set freeLost upon the ocean he died there in the mistDreaming of a kissBitter Green they called her walking in the sunLoving everyone that she metBitter Green they called her waiting in the sunWaiting for someone to take her home
