Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful but is always going to create waves.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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I'm willing to be different than other parents and go against the mainstream.
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That's how it always is with me: the thing that sets me down to start writing is usually not what I end up doing. Because, as much as I love genre, and I try to deliver the goods, I go off from it. I go do my own thing.
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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
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In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
