Demosthenes Quotes
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I think of Twitter as the place where I go to have a great conversation when I can't have one locally, which seems to be all the time, and the more time that I spend on Twitter, the more I sort of curate this incredible group of very intelligent people that I just get to know purely through the quality of their thoughts.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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I was given the task of I.P.L. Chairmanship which I tried to perform to the best of my abilities. The tournament was organised well despite all the controversies. The stadiums were jam-packed, which proved that I.P.L. was still popular.
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We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.
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There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
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I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.
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I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.
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Vitally, the human race is dying. It is like a great uprooted tree, with its roots in the air. We must plant ourselves again in the universe.
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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
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The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had; it's a fresh start.
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I'm quite a disciplinarian: I can be a shouter. But I can be a very demonstrative kisser and hugger.
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Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
