Kerry Packer Quotes
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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I basically grew up in the backwoods.
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If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.
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My vision and my creative ability is just so broad.
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If the 'Athens Spring' - when the Greek people courageously rejected the catastrophic austerity conditions of the previous bailouts - has one lesson to teach, it is that Greece will recover only when the European Union makes the transition from 'We the states' to 'We the European people.'
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I tend to mean what I say: in life, generally; in recipes, certainly.
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A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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Seeking with the soul the land of the Greeks.
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Remember that all is opinion.
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Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.
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Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has all kinds of vibes and rap has all kinds of vibes.
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I'm proud that I've never stopped writing about being poor.
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We need ethical journalism. There is also capacity limitations in journalism.
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The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago.
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I'd love to host a reality show now and not be a contestant in it. I want to take a show forward.
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Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.
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There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?
