Mark Steyn Quotes
The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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'Pyrapshere' began as a sketch for a variety show I produced called 'A Pretty Good Show.' My partner, Andersen Gabrych, and I expanded it into a full-fledged faux-religion, including a list of 21 tenets, sacred symbols, testimonials, and even a clothing line. Many people believed it was a real thing and wanted to join.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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Money often costs too much.
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I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.
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I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!
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People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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There's a lot of information that has been in peoples' heads and hasn't gotten onto the Internet. Even as the Web has gotten really big, there's just been this gap. So we made Quora as a general place for people to share knowledge of all kinds.
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Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.
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When one door opens, so does another one.
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I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way.
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I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.
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The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.
