"My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea."

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

Alexa Ray Joel

#Growing Up Quotes #Islands Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.”

Source : "Why I love ..." by Oliver Hurley, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2005.
“National coach John McKay has told me that it won't be easy but I want to make up for losing the 2003 Four Nations Tournament final here in the Kelvin Hall by beating this guy Santana.”
“I marvel now that it was not obvious how inextricable suffering and fear are. It was not until fear left that I noticed, slowly, how it seemed to have taken suffering with it. It took a while to figure out that (for me, anyhow) suffering is mostly caused by fear-not by the circumstances themselves, but by my response to them.”

Source : Jan Frazier, Barbi Schulick (2007). “When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening”, p.103, Weiser Books
“If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions.”
“As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year.”
“If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.”
“Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.”
“The idea of UFOs is becoming a very prevalent phenomenon in people's consciousness. People believe in them. What does this mean? It means that people have a place to look to other than our government! People have a place to look for guidance and authority that is much more enlightened...”

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