Mark Skousen Quotes
In the early 1980s, I wrote a book called 'The Complete Guide to Financial Privacy.' If I would write that book today, it would be a pamphlet. There is precious little privacy left.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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A band asked me to go on tour when I was 22 and asked me to play drums, and I taught myself so I could go on this trip with these people. The drums found me; I didn't find them. When I started playing, I realized how appropriate an instrument it was for me.
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I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.
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Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time.
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I just get up and live my life for today - try and deal with it as it comes.
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In the early 1980s, I wrote a book called 'The Complete Guide to Financial Privacy.' If I would write that book today, it would be a pamphlet. There is precious little privacy left.
