California Quotes - Page 39

• Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

  Rod Stewart

  Proud, British

  "Rod CBE" by Matthew Taylor, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2006.

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• Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern California, are all believed to have a decided effect on human behavior and are associated with such health problems as migraines, depression, lethargy, and moodiness. Some scientists say that this is a myth.

  Tim Cahill

  Europe, Wind, Southern

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• After I left Texas and went to California, I had a hard time getting anyone to play anything that I was writing, so I had to end up playing them myself. And that's how I ended up just being a saxophone player.

  Ornette Coleman

  Writing, Hard Times, Player

  Interview with Michael Jarrett, www2.york.psu.edu. November 8, 1987.

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• I went to college for about a year in California.

  Sean William Scott

  College, Years

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• When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

  Nolan Ryan

  Angel, League, Teammate

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• I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

  Ed Rollins

  Summer, Running, President

  "Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'" by Ed Rollins, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2009.

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• Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live in California.

  Eric Burdon

  Hometown, Britain

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• Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.

  Eric Burdon

  People, Water, Southern

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• I always wanted to be a Californian. In my wildest dreams, I always liked California - it's the place where oranges grows on trees! Fruit just falls off the trees.

  Eric Burdon

  Dream, Fall, Orange

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• The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway.

  Paul Kantner

  Ridiculous, Scene, Studios

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• It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.

  Gary Oldman

  Years, Cities, Towns

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• Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen.

  Stewart Brand

  Southern, Desert, Want

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• There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home.

  C. Everett Koop

  Educational, Home, Kids

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• Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Dirty, Wine, Trying

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• Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

  Jennifer Chiaverini

  Inspiration, Ohio, Years

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• Mazomanie doesn't even have a stoplight, so it doesn't do a lot. But the cheese curds there are unbelievable. I've never had them anywhere else, even at places in California that claim to have the real thing. There's a cheese factory in Arena, Mazomanie's neighboring town, and they'll give you fresh curds that are so amazing.

  Skylar Grey

  Real, Giving, Towns

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

  Minka Kelly

  Acting, Albuquerque, Pursue

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London.

  Hayley Atwell

  Dad, Aunt, Virginia

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• Each time that I have two or three days off, I'm off somewhere in California.

  Lizzie Brochere

  Two, Days Off, Three

  "Lizzie Brochere Talks AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, Working with Co-Stars Evan Peters and Jessica Lange and Possibly Returning for Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 22, 2012.

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• If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two.

  Danny Bonaduce

  Kids, Thinking, Two

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• After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like 'Le Boeuf sur le Toit' and 'La Cretion du Monde.' I especially enjoy his work for two pianos, 'Scaramouche.

  Dave Brubeck

  War, Piano, Two

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• Concord, California was a great place to grow up.

  Dave Brubeck

  Growing Up, Grows

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• But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada has been doing a good job of putting California criminals in jail. I mean, we couldn't put OJ in jail, but they did. We couldn't put Paris Hilton in jail, but they did.

  James Belushi

  Jobs, Mean, Paris

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• Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved.

  Michael D. Barnes

  Country, Gun, Law

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• The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.

  Bob Corker

  Country, Thinking, Creating

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