Vachel Lindsay Quotes
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All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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I love to write.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I want to try everything.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I'm really nerdy, and I read a lot.
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You can take this as a gentle word of warning, if you like. We are just at the beginning of a period of more intensive antitrust enforcement.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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The sage does not attempt anything very big, and thus achieves greatness.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.
