Mark Pagel Quotes
It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.
Quotes to Explore
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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I'm a big fan of Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars – that's my next level. You've got to dream. People have always tried to shoot me down for wanting to be a big worldwide star. But why not? You have to broaden your horizons and put yourself out there.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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You've got to give away what you love.
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Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of a man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor, or erring habits of life.
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To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.
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It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
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Ultimately, when you write from a vantage point of faith, humility, and openness to the world around you, people have to respond because those same truths are instilled in them.
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It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.
