Kin Hubbard Quotes
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else.
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Change can be good. It just depends on what we make of it.
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I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming.
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If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
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If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.
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Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them.
