Charles Koch Quotes
I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I will say the scope of the 'Supergirl' pilot was incredible. I've personally never been involved in something with such a huge production value and scope.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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When I'm out the street, I get people whispering behind me, 'Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence?' I should start doing autographs - although if you stood us side by side, you wouldn't make that mistake.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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Friends are not made, but recognized.
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I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.
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I think just in general there's a bunch of films that mattered to me that didn't reach their potential, and on some level you have to assume responsibility for that. And I think over the years that gets difficult.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!
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I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father.
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The way of creating believable characters is not by conforming to a set of PC rules.
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I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom.
