Jacques Verges Quotes
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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I don't do things that are illegal.
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When I was a player, I worried only about myself. Good money and easy work.
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David Harrington, who's the violinist and founder of Kronos, is a super open-minded and adventurous guy.
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We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.
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We routinely leave our small children in day care among strangers. At the same time, in our guilt we evince paranoia about strangers and foster fear in children.
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If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.
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Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo.
