Boz Scaggs Quotes
I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.

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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
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I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
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Television has become the government, priest, psychotherapist - the legitimiser of our egos.
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There are no ordinary moments.
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My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn't allowed to go.
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The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
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The young have less charity for aged follies than the old for those of youth.
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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.
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The bell strikes one. We take no note of timeBut from its loss.
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I was convinced - and I am so still - that the fundamental principles of Christianity have to be proved true by reasoning, and by no other method. Reason, I said to myself, is given us that we may bring everything within the range of its action, even the most exalted ideas of religion. And this certainty filled me with joy.
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I possess a strong sense of reason.
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A big part of finding the right resources is knowing what to look for and what to avoid.
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The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
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One moves more slowly in heels. Walking fast is neither sexy nor engaging. Nobody notices the people who race around. If you're walking in heels, you've got time. It's much more attractive.
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I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn't interested.