Jim Valvano Quotes
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.
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I think it's really important to find the right balance for you - a way of eating and living that satisfies you physically and mentally - and that's different for everyone.
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I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I've always been very aware of that - always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess.
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I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.
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Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.
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I talked about my family, my family's so important.
