Bert Lance Quotes
I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful: they are found because it was possible to find them.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
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I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up.
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He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
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How can you hope to win against goddamn time travelers? It's like playing blackjack when the dealer is God. … Come to think of it, all of life is a blackjack game with God as the dealer, isn't it? So this is no worse.
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The incorruptible things are all within the narrow gate. The peace of God which passed all understanding - the bright hope of good things to come - the sense of the Spirit dwelling in us - the consciousness that we are forgiven, safe, insured, provided for in time and eternity, whatever may happen - these are true gold, and lasting riches.
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I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.
