Deng Xiaoping Quotes
Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.
Quotes to Explore
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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I think I'm going to be around awhile.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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If you want to fit in, you try to mirror whatever anyone wants from you.
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I was into Alan Moore and Frank Miller. I was a teenager when all those books where coming out for the first time - 'Watchmen,' 'V for Vendetta.' It was a great time to get into comics.
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My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.
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It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
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In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.
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Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.
