Kenny Rogers Quotes
You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.
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Islam means peace.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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I don't like traditions, I am very personal, very independent, I don't like intimate ladies, I mean in German lieder there's a lot of copy, a lot of imitation, a lot of tradition, and this I have put it aside.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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The Jam went through a phase of wearing satin jackets. But that was pre-getting signed and making it, when we were still playing the pubs and clubs - around '75. Shocking, really - what would you call them apart from 'horrible?' We'd wear these white zip-up bomber jackets with black kind of loon pants and black and white shoes.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are.
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I've had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall.
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The thing about Canada is that it's a very large country, and the population's very spread out among different regions. Each region in the country really has its own personality and its own culture, you know? From West Coast to East Coast - wherever you go, it's almost like it's its own country.
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You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.
