David Hume Quotes
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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I hate the domestic life.
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'Crash' is a movie about the racial tension that still exists in America. A lot of us pretend that we don't have preconceived notions and stereotypical ideals about each other, but we do. And we wanted to create a movie about people whose lives crash into each others' accidentally.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals. The result will be better research that better serves science and society.
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One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.
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Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it.
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant!
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The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I'm happy in the UK. I absolutely love it and I've finally got a great group of friends. I've got a lovely little flat and my work's here.
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Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.
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It's called a private life for a reason - it's mine, and it's special and sacred.
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You can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational!
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I work in celestial mechanics, but I am not interested in getting to the moon.
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He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
