Charlie Pierce Quotes
There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye.Charlie Pierce
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
Barbara Sher -
All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
Tab Hunter -
You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
J. B. Smoove -
Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
Zach LaVine -
Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.
Pat Roberts
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I was tested against the best.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
Yoko Ono -
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
Jackson Pollock -
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
Faith Evans -
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
Sam Hunt
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
Yandel Wisin & Yandel -
I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
Laura Schlessinger -
My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.
Sadie Jones -
Have you seen that show on Lifetime about that woman...?
Zach Galifianakis -
The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
Garson Kanin -
Being a father is just wonderful.
Sam Trammell
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I like either skinny jeans or the ripped, casual, super-sloppy boyfriend jeans. A lot of ripped jeans. They are so early 2000, but they are so cute, I love them. I love surfer jeans, too!
Ariana Grande -
You just can't control your art in the future.
Damian Loeb -
You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.
Bill Kurtis -
This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.
Chrystia Freeland -
I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.
Ben Bradlee -
There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye.
Charlie Pierce