Gabriel Basso Quotes
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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I respect the Premier League.
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The Joker is a psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy. Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.
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If you're a serious publisher, you publish books because they work. In other words, they are written well; the reader identifies with the characters. The context seems to be real whether he's writing about the French Revolution or the failure of Lehman Brothers.
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Tony Benn and I were very close, very close friends for 30, 40 years. We talked to each other a great deal, and we were great friends. And I was with him shortly before he died, talking about prospects of the world and prospects for peace. And I'm very sad that he's gone.
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I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
