Phil Klay Quotes
I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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After years of research, I discovered 25 differences in the work-life choices of men and women. All 25 lead to men earning more money, but to women having better lives.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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I am used to being places where I don't speak the language. What I am not used to is being in a part of a country where few people speak my language. Call it ignorance, arrogance, or what have you, but most places I have visited, I was lucky enough to be able to get by with English.
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What happens is, in my own case - my own LLCs - the income flows to my personal tax return, whatever is left over after taxes are paid, I feed my family on the one hand, and on the other hand, I reinvest in my business.
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I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was.
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Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.
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David Ayer is known for being a very serious filmmaker, but he has a very great sense of humor.
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I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.
