Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that probably doesn't matter as much as the book they read or the rule they broke that taught them something they couldn't have learned any other way.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot.
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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
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Victoria didn't tell a soul about our love affair, nor did I. We spent time at each other's homes, sneaking in and out like criminals, although we were so profoundly happy it was ridiculous. Then I felt outraged; I wanted the world to know that I was in love with Victoria, that she felt the same way about me.
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Those early sketches looked too cartoony; I really wanted to do detailed drawings - I was taking anatomy classes - but unfortunately I wasn't able to do it because of the time element.
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I don't have any friends who are actors through my dad.
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
