Nathaniel Rich Quotes
I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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The reality is the majority of us will not get off this planet. So the long run is, some kind of space exploration has to benefit us here on Earth.
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Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
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I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
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Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.
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We've always believed in our music.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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Children should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not to spoil or destroy any thing, unless it be for the preservation or advantage of some other that is nobler.
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Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.
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I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.
