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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I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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At first flash of Eden, We race down to the sea. Standing there on Freedom's shore. Waiting for the sun...
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Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music.
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When I was growing up, it was a lot of punk and hardcore music going on in legion halls and firehouses, and we'd play those shows, and it was very Jersey. It was very suburban, and there's just a great pride there.
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In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.
