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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
Ramez Naam -
I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
Iggy Azalea -
Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
Manolo Blahnik -
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
Sallust -
I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
Xavier Niel -
A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
Paloma Faith -
It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
Sam Graves -
I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
Carl Zeiss -
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
Zooey Deschanel -
I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
Irvin Kershner -
If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
Katey Sagal -
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
Baltasar Gracian -
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Barack Obama -
Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
Hanna Rosin -
I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.
Frances O'Grady -
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.
Andre Breton -
Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills.
Albert Bandura -
I'm just considering myself extremely lucky. All I wanted is to have 'Paranormal Activity' be released and become successful. And everything that's happened since then is just an enormous bonus.
Oren Peli -
I think everyone is making a lot of money, whether it is the actors, the producers, or the TV channels.
Barun Sobti -
I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.
Jeffrey Eugenides -
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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