S. I. Hayakawa Quotes
We select our furniture to serve as visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We often choose our residences on the basis of a feeling that it 'looks well' to have a 'good address.' We trade in perfectly good cars for later models, not always to get better transportation, but to give evidence to the community that we can afford it.
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.
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My weekends are extremely precious.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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I’d be nothing if it wasn’t for you… If it wasn’t for you…
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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We select our furniture to serve as visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We often choose our residences on the basis of a feeling that it 'looks well' to have a 'good address.' We trade in perfectly good cars for later models, not always to get better transportation, but to give evidence to the community that we can afford it.
