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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
Courage is not always about action. It takes courage to do nothing rather than do something that you do not believe in or understand.
The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
My battalion motto in the Marines was, 'Whatever it takes,' and I'm going to do whatever it takes to help win back the House in 2018.
'Ghost Canoe' takes place on the storm-tossed tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where I spent a lot of time hiking and exploring.
Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.
The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.
Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.
Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.
It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.
I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got.
I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.
Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.
A mentor is someone who is willing to give you advice that isn't in the best interest for them. It takes a real mentor to put you first.
A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.
Baggio is a unique player. It should not surprise you that he gets the most press. But you must remember that it takes a full team to win.
We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!
It typically takes multiple iterations and pivots to find product/market fit - the match between what you're building and who will buy it.
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
The average billboard has no more than eight words. It takes a lot of effort to make a beer, rice, or shampoo seem special in eight words.
It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.
Work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that.
Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.
'Tulip Fever' did change my life. It did that thing that sometimes happens when a book takes off - it opened doors on to whole other worlds.
I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.
I've never seen anyone deal in a literary way with what it takes to stay married for more than 50 years, and that seemed like a worthy goal.
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.
Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
Sometimes it just takes a little longer to get to your destination, but if you make sure to enjoy the journey, eventually you will get there.
I say that the top players are the ones who work hardest. They are the easiest to handle - they know what it takes to stay at the best level.
A person takes his own path. My father tried to guide me the best way he thought I should go, and it didn't work. I went the way I wanted to.
Trump is a room-reader. He'll slow down a line, rephrase a point, work in a pause, and ride the energy of his audience wherever it takes him.
I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle.
We're constantly faced with decisions. A lot of times, the right ones take more work; it takes longer to see benefit: they're the long route.
I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies.
And we live in a French Quarter a lot of the time, in New Orleans. And the camaraderie of everybody there. Everybody takes care of each other.
It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.
I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.
Crime takes place in every country. But it becomes abuse when the state is unwilling and unable to protect the life and honour of its citizens.
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.
I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The pause will inform the choices that you make.
It takes us many years to learn that the passion for justice and the welfare of all, once it has been aroused, is the deepest one in moral life.
Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while.
I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.