Marvin Ammori Quotes
Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.
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I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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Hindi films offer a wider reach. As an industry, it has the capability to merge varied states, languages, and nationalities.
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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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The whole concept of rewarding customers is a big trend.
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
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It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
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And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
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Technology is an enabler; you have to be at the cutting edge of technology - there is no choice.
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The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?
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Wars, both civil and foreign, I undertook throughout the world, on sea and land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon. The foreign nations which could with safety be pardoned I preferred to save rather than to destroy.
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My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.
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In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.
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Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
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There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.
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What matters to me is that one identifies one's genuine obsessions, one's genuine commitments, one's genuine appetites, one pursues them seriously and far.
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That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious.
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Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.
