Has Beens Quotes - Page 31

• Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.

  John Shelton Reed

  Country, People, Middle

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• I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all of those who have voted for us today, I say to each and every one of them that I will be a prime minister for all Australians.

  Kevin Rudd

  Land, People, Today

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.

  Kevin Rudd

  Country, Jobs, Australia

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.

  Melanie Roach

  Strong, Team, Athlete

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• I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

  Mercedes Ruehl

  Couple, Fall, Play

  "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Mercedes Ruehl". Interview with Christine Ehren, www.playbill.com. May 21, 2002.

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• Honestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives.

  Naya Rivera

  Thinking, Fans, Situation

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• I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.

  Nicole Richie

  Father, Fall, People

  "Nicole Richie On Being A Fashion Star Mentor". Real Style Network Interview, www.realstylenetwork.com. March 2012.

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• When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.

  Nikki Reed

  Book, Character, People

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• A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Roles, Hierarchy, Spirit

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• I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.

  Roy Romer

  Running, Thinking, Hands

  "Democrats' National Chair Steve Grossman resigns". www.cnn.com.

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• There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

  Sonny Rollins

  Mean, Musician, Example

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• I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level.

  Stephen Rea

  Play, Interesting, Might

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• I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.

  Stuart Rose

  Losing, Share, Destination

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...

  Stuart Rose

  Mother, Nice, Successful

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.

  Warren Rudman

  Country, Taken, Home

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• A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that.

  Alana Stewart

  Thinking, People, Way

  "Alana Stewart memoir 'Rearview Mirror' deals with teen rape, divorcing Rod Stewart and watching Farrah Fawcett die" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. November 23, 2012.

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• You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

  Brandon Sanderson

  Mean, Kids, School

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• My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.

  Cheryl Strayed

  People, Advice, Know It All

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• Business is at the heart of America and always has been.

  David A. Siegel

  Heart, America

  "CEO Threatens to Fire Employees If Obama Is Reelected and Raises Taxes" by Noel Sheppard, www.newsbusters.org. October 9, 2012.

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• I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Gender Gap, Political, Gaps

  "The Gender Gap Rules 2012 Election" by Eleanor Smeal, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2012.

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• Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against the brutal oppression of the Taliban.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Girl, Fighting, Support

  "Why Is the Feminist Majority Foundation Refusing to Abandon the Women and Girls of Afghanistan?". www.alternet.org. July 16, 2009.

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• I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram - whether it's super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I'd never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I've ever met.

  Kevin Systrom

  Thinking, Night, People

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• In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.

  Kevin Systrom

  Memories, Past, People

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• To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.

  Leslie Marmon Silko

  Growing Up, Adults, Stories

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• Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Jobs, Film, Process

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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