- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
Said Quotes
Words spoken, decisions made.
This collection centers on moments of speaking up — reciting the rosary as part of a faith practice, warning lawmakers about foreign policy risk before Congress, and casting a vote that came with real consequences at the United Nations. For more on personal conviction, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on.
- Existence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price.
- Each Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was making 'Star Wars,' I wasn't restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, 'I'm going to create a world that's fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the first couple of years recording, I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.
- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the good fortune of speaking with Orson Wells many decades ago and he said 'Success is primarily luck anyway.' And I have been very lucky. Of course, Orson Wells was enormously talented and brilliant - so who am I to argue with him!
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020