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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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.
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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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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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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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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.
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Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?
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Lawyers don't run sales forces.
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When I'm dead I don't want a funeral. I want people to remember me alive.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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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.
