Jimmy Buffett Quotes
It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.
Quotes to Explore
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent, to be able to play the piano professionally.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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I've never done a period piece. That's something I'd be really interested in doing.
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Theatre is all about the process and the sense of community that is created. You have weeks of rehearsal, time to explore your character and get to know the other actors. There is opportunity to try off-the-wall ideas, to find layers and nuance over weeks. You become like a second family with your cast.
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It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.
