Gary Weiss Quotes
George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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Fashion anticipates.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.
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They're building this new stadium for 23,000 people, which is too big for tennis. They've got their $90,000 boxes, which they can sell to people who don't care about money. But will there be room for kids? Will there be bleachers? You can't build tennis for fat cats. You have to interest new people.
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When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
