Lists Quotes - Page 24

• If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.

  Mackenzie Phillips

  Meaningful, Alcohol, Drug

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterwards. It is a ritual - it is a celebration - and it is the same kind of music that we call disco or rock'n'roll or a whole list of names that we can call it. Call it what you will, nothing will change the fact that certain kinds of music will make you want to celebrate or party.

  Grace Jones

  Party, Rocks, Names

  Source: thequietus.com

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• There are a lot of people in each spot that you don't really know. I work with them that day, and move on and find new people. So purging and cleansing your friend list every day.

  Raven-Symone

  Moving, People, Cleansing

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• The prison-industrial complex employs millions of people directly and indirectly. Judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, prison guards, construction companies that build prisons, police, probation officers, court clerks, the list goes on and on. Many predominately white rural communities have come to believe that their local economies depend on prisons for jobs.

  Michelle Alexander

  Jobs, Believe, White

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Always good to take a look at the long list for the Mann Booker, for the Commonwealth. It gives you an overview.There is so much going on all over the world that it's impossible for one person to keep up. And I can't.

  Margaret Atwood

  Giving, Long, World

  "Unscripted: Margaret Atwood Interview". Interview With Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Top of my wish list is to play for a club that wants me to be their goalkeeper.

  Joe Hart

  Play, Wish, Clubs

  Source: www.bbc.com

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• Looking at polls of Arab public opinion, you look at popular figures, the most popular figure is the prime minister of Turkey, Erdogan, and then it goes down the list. You get Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, you don't get Obama, or in fact any western leader. The public doesn't want the whole imperial project. So if you had democracy, it would be all over.

  Noam Chomsky

  Turkeys, Leader, Democracy

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• When the U.S. asks for the extradition of a terrorist, if Turkey doesn't have that individual on the terror list, what do we say, what do we respond? Now, the individual might not be on your terror list or terrorist list. But if he is on my list, and if we have an agreement on the extradition of criminals, if I make the request, then, well, you should extradite that person. And there has been numerous examples of that mechanism working with many other nations as well, not just the U.S.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Turkeys, Agreement, Might

  Source: perspectivebd.com

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• Our bilateral relations and our agreement [between Turkey and America] on the extradition of criminals should dominate and precede actually any inclusion into any list.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Agreement, Turkeys, America

  Source: perspectivebd.com

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• Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.

  Bob Goff

  People, Everyday, Stuff

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• Always find different ways to accomplish the mission. Then run a counter-analysis and list the advantages and disadvantages. When you have done that, you are ready to make a decision.

  Colin Powell

  Running, Decision, Way

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• Cuba is not like bourgeois democracy the ones that imposes the blockade to make Cuba change. We have direct elections. Here they put people on a list and then tell the people supposedly what they have done so they can be elected. That is the difference and why we say our democracy is truly participatory and popular.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Differences, People, Democracy

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire people that just continue to write and get stronger.

  Morgan James

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• Favorite books and authors while growing up - I'd need a book to list them all. For the sake of brevity: Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, world's mythology, the Arthurian legends. And the unabridged dictionary. And they're still my favorites. They get better each time I read them.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Growing Up, Book, Get Better

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• At some point, every once in a while, through the year, I'll make up a list of all my current ideas. And then I'll add a few add a few, and I just realize that I'm going to die before I get them all done. But it's kind of nice - I'm never gonna be bored.

  Matt Kindt

  Nice, Ideas, Years

  Source: comicsbulletin.com

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• When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends.

  J. J. Abrams

  Stupid, Kids, Phones

  "Director J.J. Abrams Interview STAR TREK DVD – Talks About Deleted Scenes". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. October 14, 2009.

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• It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes.

  Tori Amos

  Fun, Writing, Toes

  "Tori Amos Says Eminem's Fictional Dead Wife Spoke To Her" by Teri Vanhorn, www.mtv.com. September 28, 2001.

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• I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.

  Pamela Anderson

  Kids, Hands, Priorities

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• Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Song, Next, Hats

  "10 Questions for Billie Joe Armstrong". Time Magazine Interview, content.time.com. June 28, 2010.

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• There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

  Charles Babbage

  Ambition, Numbers, Purpose

  Charles Babbage (1830). “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes”, p.29

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• My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

  Lynda Barry

  Writing, Goal, Buckets

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• In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights, leasing, entertainment, intellectual property, forensic accounting, criminal offenses... the list goes on. Now, you have to have a separate lawyer for each one of those categories!

  James Belushi

  Real, House, Intellectual

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• I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

  Ronald Biggs

  Art, School, London

  "Ronnie Biggs's best quotes while on the run" by the Press Association, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2013.

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• For years I've kept a list of dream projects.

  Michael Bolton

  Dream, Years, Projects

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• With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.

  Jo Brand

  Children, Shopping, Two

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