Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The necessity for "professionals" in the entertainment industry is being constantly challenged. ~Jason Alexander
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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