Walter Bagehot Quotes
Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
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Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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One of the reasons I love the law is because I was raised in family - my grandfather was a lawyer, but more importantly, my grandmother was his secretary. And she taught me that lawyers were some of the most civil, most courteous - and in those days, most courtly - people that she knew.
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Zombies are apocalyptic. I think that's why people love them because we're living in, not apocalyptic times, but I think we're living in fear of the apocalyptic times.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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I'd been in a vicious cycle and circle of people and couldn't see my way out. So I picked myself up one day about 15 years ago and moved where I didn't know anyone.
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I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.
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Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.
