Chiang Kai-shek Quotes
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is one of disappointment. This change was the result of close observation on the spot.
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I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't know what I was doing there. I enjoyed my experience, but I didn't grab it in the way I would now.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.
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I don't think it's fair that we cannot guarantee every child in this country a great education and that, in New York City, in some cases, your child is at risk in some part because of the policies the union endorses.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed by an alien. It was a real treat; it felt like being a part of movie history.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
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In England women are still occasionally used instead of horses for hauling canal boats, because the labour required to produce horses and machines is an accurately known quantity, while that required to maintain the women of the surplus population is below all calculation.
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I really like language - and slang in particular, and just the shorthand we use when we communicate with people.
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For grief is crowned with consolation.
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All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.
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Language is the dress of thought.
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My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is one of disappointment. This change was the result of close observation on the spot.
