Ian Frazier Quotes
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief.
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'
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No one will steal my son's American Dream.
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I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever – I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.
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When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.
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George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.'
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
