John Dos Passos Quotes
Walt Whitman's a hell of a lot more revolutionary than any Russian poet I've ever heard of.
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Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.
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The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation.
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But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
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Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth.
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Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
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I used to have this lucky rock and I used to always have to rub it three times before I competed.
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There is always safety in valor.
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I knew that Chelsea was a club that changed its manager reasonably often.
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Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.
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Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.
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Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.
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Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.
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We had 45 lakh cases pending from 2003–2004, to which 65 lakh new cases were added, making it more than one crore pending cases. After our initiatives, there are only 20 lakh pending court cases. Now my target is that by 2010, when Gujarat will complete 50 years, we will make it no-pendency. Cases will be disposed of in the very year they are filed.
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We’re talking about something we all want very much to find. And that automatically makes Ed’s conclusions suspect.
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I failed music when I was a teenager.
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For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.
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Good intentions are impotent unless based on reality.
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I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician.
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Walt Whitman's a hell of a lot more revolutionary than any Russian poet I've ever heard of.
