Charles Bukowski Quotes
Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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while the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards.
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Number one - and I want you to emblaze this on your brain - you only have one chance to make a first impression.
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Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.
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I grew up speaking English and Punjabi. Just living and working in Punjab and smelling the early morning air and sitting down and having paranthas and lassi and all that was marvellous.
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Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.
