Yevgeny Zamyatin Quotes
There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don't know what else to do. I just do the best I can and tell you the only thing I can, and that's what I already told you many times.
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After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.
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When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.
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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis. A physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for general intelligent action.
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Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.
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I've never categorically been a banker. I had two internships while I was at university. The decision was more banking, or magic, and I went with the latter.
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If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
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There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.
