Chris Carter Quotes

So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It's like when Led Zeppelin appears in Cadillac commercials. There's something that is taken away from your love of this thing and your connection to it.

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• When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Good
  • Man
  • Myself

• I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.

  

  Laura Wasser
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• One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.

  

  Sam Harris
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• Going forward, we will focus on building the very best Windows phones on a quicker timeline. We will also focus on the channels and markets that offer the best returns. This is a similar approach to the one we have taken with Surface, which has been very successful.

  

  B. Kevin Turner
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• Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • People
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• I'm very close with my higher power. I have a very strong connection with it.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Power
  • Strong
  • Connection

• At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.

  

  Ziaur Rahman
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• Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.

  

  Barry Diller
  • People
  • World
  • Small

• The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!

  

  Dada Vaswani
  • Up
  • Work
  • Success

• The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

  

  Hans-Georg Gadamer
  • Up
  • Real
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• Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

  

  Garrett Hardin
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  • Positive
  • Growth

• There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Money
  • Best
  • Band

• I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Man
  • Me
  • Play

• I think 'Lost' was really a pioneer in the use of the kind of connection between a television show and the Internet, and the Internet really gave fans an opportunity to create a community around the show. That was something that wasn't really planned; it just sort of grew up in the wake of the show.

  

  Carlton Cuse
  • Up
  • Opportunity
  • Community

• Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
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• I'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.

  

  Laura Linney
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  • Taken
  • Picture

• Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
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  • Time
  • Music

• Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!

  

  Alexander Hamilton
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• My grandfather pioneered exploration of what he called 'our water planet,' then my father sought to understand the human connection, and now, as part of the third generation, I'm dedicated to not only raising awareness but also to empowering people to take action.

  

  Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
  • People
  • Father
  • Action

• There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.

  

  Kevin O'Leary
  • Value

• A good comedy with a purpose behind it is exhilarating.

  

  Jason Mantzoukas
  • Good
  • Comedy
  • Purpose

• Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.

  

  Marcel Proust
  • Memories
  • Remain
  • Wander

• So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It's like when Led Zeppelin appears in Cadillac commercials. There's something that is taken away from your love of this thing and your connection to it.

  

  Chris Carter
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  • Connection