Charles William Eliot Quotes
In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
Quotes to Explore
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.
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I moved to New York and went to art school at Parsons School of Design. Became a photographer. Became a creative consultant.
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Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice.
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Mars missions will require up to three years in reduced gravity, so we need to make sure astronauts can not only survive but thrive as they move outward to explore this new world.
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So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world.
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In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
