Maurice Saatchi Quotes
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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It did not occur to us that the Marxists' solution was fraudulent or that their vision was distorted, that whatever the wrongs in our society it was not the ideology of theirs that will cure them.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.
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My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.
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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so.
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Kant taught us that we should follow just those rules of conduct that we would want everybody to follow. Few find this generalization of The Golden Rule a great help.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Thanks so much to all the fans. To all our team, to all our wives, especially, that believe in us and that we come home to, and everybody here that's given us a shot.
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I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'
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My mother was very protective of her four boys.
