Pras Michel Quotes
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable.
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He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.
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We would never move forward in the face of negative emotion. There are many people who would teach you otherwise. They say, you've got to face fear to get over it. And all they do is desensitize themselves to the point that they get themselves into situations where they have no idea what's going on, and the end of them comes rather abruptly... And then everyone calls them brave.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No.
