Paul Anka Quotes
My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now have the ease of trust, not the burden of proof and process. Businesses find an environment that is open and easy to work in.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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It's pretty funny to me when I hear people say, 'I write six songs every day,' or, 'I turn out a song a day.' I bet you that's a whole week of bad songs.
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Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.
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I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.
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The rites were just the husks left over from deeper things, no pith remaining and no mystery, nothing to lift up the soul or go to the brain like wine. And, as generally happens, the more truth the ritual lost the more they bolstered it with significance. There is a saying among the Moi: The chief is clad in gold and purple, only the god dares to go naked.
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There's something about being a woman and being able to dress up in men's clothing, so to speak.
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My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.
