Martin Gore Quotes
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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The electronics industry expanded rapidly and the seeds for the semiconductor and software revolution were planted. The postwar period also saw the suburbanization of America, the rise of the homeowner, the build-out of the interstate highway system, and the rise of automobile culture. Credit availability expanded dramatically.
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When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.
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I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.
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I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.
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I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers.
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I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
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Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.
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I think we have to be fair in saying at this point that neither Roosevelt nor Lewis realized the peril to which they were exposing both the unions and the country.
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We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.
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There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past.
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Humility is measured by how quickly you can admit that you are wrong.
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I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
