Max Lerner Quotes
Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did, like Harvey, was to recognize its existence and subject it to scientific study.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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We write the song, then it gets played for the artist, and they somehow fall in love with it and go back in and make it their own.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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I tell public audiences, don't go to a podiatrist for brain surgery; don't go to an astronomer for planetary science.
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All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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I don't know if this is the flat-out strangest, but I'll never forget handling a human brain. It had been sliced into sections for autopsy, each about an inch thick, and felt like pork tenderloin. I swear to god, my first thought was that if you were to dust it with chipotle and cinnamon and saute it in butter, it would probably be delicious.
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As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and imagine other lands where people were doing fascinating things. By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to be a writer, but it took several more decades to really find my way as an author.
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Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did, like Harvey, was to recognize its existence and subject it to scientific study.
