Christopher Lasch Quotes
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
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The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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My family lived in Thousand Oaks. In 2002, when I was 17, I begged my parents to let me move out. I had money, a real job, and wanted to get my own place.
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I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.
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I had a good job as a printer in the East End. Before the unions destroyed it, that job was very lucrative.
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Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community.
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Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.
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Most of my job life has had to do with welfare, first helping people find work and then as an administrator. The earlier experience was more direct and satisfying, and I enjoy thinking that a bunch of people somewhere are doing better today than they might have done if not for me.
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Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And we're trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.
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My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself.
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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I'm a big fan of Mashable and TechCrunch and other outlets like that, but TechMeme obviously does an amazing job of aggregating.
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People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.
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The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
