Friedrich List Quotes
The nation … must sacrifice some present advantages in order to insure to itself future ones.

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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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I started out doing musicals.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
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I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
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As far back as I can remember, I am one of those guys that works hard and plays harder. I have to have both.
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He said you were the only one who was bitter about S.'s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving.
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The nation … must sacrifice some present advantages in order to insure to itself future ones.