Paulo Coelho Quotes
If you rely only on experience, you’ll simply keep applying old solutions to new problems. I know a lot of people who feel they have an identity only when they’re talking about their problems. That way, they exist, because their problems are linked to what they judge to be their history.
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
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For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
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At Tiger Stadium, the dugouts are so low that you walk in and hit your head on the ceiling. People would say, 'Don't feel bad. Ty Cobb did the same thing.'
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Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins.
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While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it would provide defenses to people who had created the scenarios they sought protection from. Or it would leave juries without the proper rules of engagement that ought govern predictable human interactions.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.
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Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
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As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.
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It's a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, 'I get to play the First Lady.' It's just fun to say.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.
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I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree.
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If you rely only on experience, you’ll simply keep applying old solutions to new problems. I know a lot of people who feel they have an identity only when they’re talking about their problems. That way, they exist, because their problems are linked to what they judge to be their history.
