Charles William Eliot Quotes
In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
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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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I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'
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I know I'm known for dramas, but around my family and friends, I'm really goofy! Not saying I'm necessarily funny, but I'm very goofy.
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There were a lot of misperceptions that Sci Fi was for men: that it was for young men, and that it was for geeky young men. We had to broaden the channel to change the misconceptions of the genre.
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People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.
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It takes practice to shave the skin off the light.
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In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
