S. I. Hayakawa Quotes
You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what you are looking at is an interpretation of history, and so at some level, it becomes an interpretation of an interpretation.
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In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the camera was rolling or you're taking a line from somewhere else and putting it in his mouth.
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It is fairly well-known what has been behind that climate change denial in America: vast sums pumped into an ignorance industry by the oil and gas lobbies.
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
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I think I can change the game.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.
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One fan wrote asking for a very specific autographed photo. He wanted me to pose in tight jeans and boots and even enclosed a sketch of how I should dress! A lot of them just say they wish they had a girlfriend like me. They're very endearing letters.
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The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
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Turns out typecasting is a real thing.
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If you're running for office, it's tough to be an incumbent. It's tough to run out of Washington. It's better to be an outsider. And Establishment support doesn't help; it more likely hurts.
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You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.
