Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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I hate competition.
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I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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I got a flash of ... what it means, now, 'you can't be too rich or too thin.' How well it works, will keep on working, because the vast majority of women will never be thin. Thin enough. How well the hope of class mobility keeps every mother dieting, and handing the diets down to her daughter, hoping the daughter may do even better. When you combine this with the fact that many non-white peoples tend to be heavier than white folks, dieting becomes a tool not only in enforcing class but in encouraging assimilation.
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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
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Width of life is more important than length of life.
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I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.
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It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.
