Quotes 1381 till 1400 of 2137.
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Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
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Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.
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Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
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Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.
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Production and consumption of carbohydrates is so well regulated that there is a constant blood sugar level; any accidental increase or fall in blood sugar is rapidly compensated.
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Put your arm around the buddy next to you. And if you don't have any friends, I'll be your best friend in the whole world.
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Rascals are always sociable - more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.
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Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
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Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.
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Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
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Research! Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
In conversation with Logan Pearsall Smith. Reported in Smiths Unforgotten Years -
Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability.
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Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.
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Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.
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