Phil Gramm Quotes
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also be able to get off those perches and out of those ivory towers and speak to the real people who make decisions; to speak truth to power and the powerless with lucidity and eloquence.
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Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavour to settle that power on a Divine right, which will not bear the investigation of reason.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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The sight of lovers feedeth those in love.
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I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
