Bill Withers Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams and more interested in maybe an underdog figuring out how they're going to survive in a world that doesn't necessarily invite them in.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.
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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
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I'm really starting to think everything happens for a reason.
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The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain.
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I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.
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She ran off with my plunge router guide. How am I supposed to build that scale model of the Taj Mahal out of cherry wood without my plunge router guide?
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Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
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A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
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I think a lot of social media creators have always been, like, content and haven't pushed the limits because no one else had pushed the limits before. I say to myself, 'How can I create my own TV show online every day and actually make it a real production and put effort into it?'
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Life insurance became popular only when insurance companies stopped emphasizing it as a good investment and sold it instead as a symbolic commitment by fathers to the future well-being of their families.
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One of the things about writing fiction is that you create people that you feel, more or less, as though you know.
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Obviously I descend from Africa.
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Value the people who value YOU.
