Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
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Radical Islam, it has grown into a global jihad.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.
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The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.
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I work on the boundary between economics and statistics in this field called econometrics. Part of my interest is understanding how you use statistics in productive ways to analyze dynamic economic models.
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The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.
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I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
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We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.
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I'll officer you.
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The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest.
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What are you doing with a car here in 1860?
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
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Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.
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For an actor, to go to work every day is a really rare occurrence. You may work on a film for three months max, and then you're off, so you have to find another job and then work another three months.
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I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'
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It's obviously a learning experience for the governor, but it's also a chance for the DOD to learn how the state corrections facilities are run. It's an opportunity for them to learn how we run our prison system.
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One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
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Genius borrows nobly. When Shakespeare is charged with debts to his authors, Landor replies: 'Yet he was more original than his originals. He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life'.
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Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.
