Franklin Foer Quotes
Mark Zuckerberg has never really had pressure put on him. He's an engineer, and he's created this perfect system that is Facebook, and he's always been concerned about the internal beauty and logic of this creation that he's created. I don't think that the human implications of what he's created have often been apparent to him.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
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Act because you love to act.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.
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Concealing what is shameful to you will never lead to anything of value.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean you do.
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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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The ultimate deal is: Are you winning and are you successful? The guys who've done that have had opportunities.
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A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
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Mark Zuckerberg has never really had pressure put on him. He's an engineer, and he's created this perfect system that is Facebook, and he's always been concerned about the internal beauty and logic of this creation that he's created. I don't think that the human implications of what he's created have often been apparent to him.
