Glen Campbell Quotes
Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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I don't do negative things.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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I'm going to continue to work to be the best player in the world, and whenever that doesn't sound fun to me anymore, that's when it's over.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.
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And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.
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My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me.
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I think looking at the front row of a Chvrches show is really diverse. It could be 50-year-old dudes who love Depeche Mode or teenagers or teenage girls and their dad.
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Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.
