Chuck Feeney Quotes
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.
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Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
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Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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Can’t keep hanging onTo all that’s dead and goneIf you built yourself a mythYou'd know just what to giveMaterializeOr let the ashes fly
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Variety is the soul of pleasure.
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The main difference is, in 'Cold Case,' the victim sometimes had been dead for decades - you didn't have the advantage of being able to interview the victim. You had to piece together the circumstances surrounding the crime from witnesses and other evidence. 'SVU' is much more immediate in that you can talk to the victim.
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I don't even know who Michael Chandler is.
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Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory.
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How to become a millionaire? Become a billionaire first.
