Perry Como Quotes
I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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I am quite fortunate, because I can still be quite incognito. If you go out looking for attention, then you'll attract it, but if you're just getting on with your life, particularly in London where everyone is engrossed in what they're doing, you can keep a measure of anonymity.
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I think poetry always lives its life, and people come to it and people go away from it, 'people' in the sense of larger numbers of people. It's as though you begin to think that poetry is a resource, and that at certain times people seem to need it or want it or can find sustenance in it, and at other times they can't.
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If you look at the world's top 50 drugs being sold today, they are being marketed and sold by companies that did not invent them. I respect patents. I'll pay a royalty. But I shouldn't be denied the right to produce drugs for poor people at reasonable prices.
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'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.
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Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.
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I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.
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We have the best sporting event in the world in polo, and yet it is weak.
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I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?'
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Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
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My life really began when I married my husband.
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If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens.
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I've got a song on One Direction's album called 'Tell Me A Lie'. It's a really cute song - I love it. I loved that they liked it. They sound really great on it. I already have it - I'm so VIP with my copy on my computer! It does sound really good.
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Is this a personal grudge or are you just psychotic?
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When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.
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Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film.
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I properly enjoy what I do, but I know it's not brain surgery. I don't take myself too seriously.
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I worked with the world's greatest talents and then went home to the world's greatest woman. It was, and is, a great life.
