Sam Harris Quotes

I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.

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• I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.

  

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• I don't care if you are for having Mexico pay for the border wall, or you want to repeal and replace Obamacare, or if you want women to have complete access to reproductive rights - I don't care. The fact is, if you don't get the nuclear issue right, none of the other ones matter.

  

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• I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.

  

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• When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'

  

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• I am who I am.

  

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• Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

  

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• The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

  

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• The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

  

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• I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.

  

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• It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.

  

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• If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.

  

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• A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

  

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• My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.

  

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• If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.

  

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• I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.

  

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• If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

  

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• I have never been able to separate - nor have I wanted to - my personal love and desire for truth, passion, and understanding from my lyrics.

  

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• Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.

  

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• I think self-doubt, as grim as it can be, makes me a better writer. Stasis and hubris would probably be the death knell for my career.

  

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• I was actually already doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience when September 11 happened. 'The End Of Faith' is essentially what September 11 did to my intellectual career at that moment.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Career
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