Martin H. Fischer Quotes
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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You have 22 episodes to start from zero to hero; you can really take a nice, big, long arc. In a film, it's tough to do that - you only have 90 minutes.
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I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.
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I hope that a lot of my mother's talents are shown in a lot of the work that I do.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
