Geoffrey Fisher Quotes
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
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There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
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There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail.
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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.
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This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.
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The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.
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The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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One of the best and most responsible things a scientist can do is to write for the popular press.
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You can't be hateful because you love yourself. And we're extensions of each other; we're all connected.
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In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
