Jeff Carlson Quotes
I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they're working themselves to the bone. People are more likely to feel adrift and unsatisfied when they have too much leisure time. Obstacles are good.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
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These charges that have been made against me, that Prof. Prescott has made, has charged against me, that I denied the atonement in conversation with him, are absolutely false.
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
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Failure is a great learning tool.
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I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they're working themselves to the bone. People are more likely to feel adrift and unsatisfied when they have too much leisure time. Obstacles are good.
