Charles Vest Quotes
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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I don't feel closeted.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.
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'One of the beauties of art is that it reflects an artist's entire life. What I've learned over the past 30 years is really beginning to inform what I make. I hope that process continues until I die.
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There's no control in life, is there? There's only one who's in control, and He'll take me when He wants me. I don't want to know about it. It's none of my business. But when it happens, I just ask that it won't be painful and that He forgives me my sins.
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It's absolutely ugly, but unfortunately quite true of the world today; the more money you make, the more people tend to listen to you. If you're not quoted in Fortune or Forbes or the Wall Street Journal, then nobody listens. If you say something that makes a lot of money, whether what you said is true or not, people listen.
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Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.
