Frederick Pollock Quotes
But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
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Listen to me: a family man is never a real family man. An assassin is never entirely assassin. They play a role, you understand. While a dead man, he is really dead. To be or not to be, right?
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Bleeding Ponytail: An elderly sold out baby boomer who pines for hippie or pre-sellout days.
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One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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No matter what your career aspirations are, you should begin by thinking carefully about why you are engaging in any activity and what you can expect to get out of it.
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But it is strange how many rational beings believe the ultimate truths of the universe to be reducible to patterns on a blackboard.
