Walt Alston Quotes
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
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The presence and the present of America are a future; our continent is, by its nature, the land which does not exist on its own, but as something which is created and invented.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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Regardless of what the record is, what the score is, you always go out there and compete.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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When I was little, I would close my eyes and put my finger on a page. Then in my mind, I would go to that place.
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I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.
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I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
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I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.
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I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.
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Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
