Brooks Adams Quotes
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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I've witnessed so many meetings and conferences where people are trying to figure out what young people think, and my feeling has consistently been that you should just ask them.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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I never lie to my fans.
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I read 'Holes' in 10th grade, and I haven't read a full book since. The movie version with Shia LaBeouf was OK, but the book was way better.
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The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at truth.
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.
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No one pretty much tells me what kind of horror films to make.
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Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
