Dmitri Mendeleev Quotes
Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers -
Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will pass into the composition of grass, of sheep, of cutlets, and of men.
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We are bigger in number than as many as 131 independent nations, why should we remain deprived of independence?
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
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Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.
