Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
Quotes to Explore
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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There's depth in my comedy.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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I tend to be hypercritical of my performances. That's why I hate watching them with people I know.
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I went to a dialect coach and she told me that I had five problems; two were my Israeli accent and three were my New Jersey accent. I don't even want to know what I sounded like back then!
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I'm not sure it's entirely a good thing... I've always loved the gutter.
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Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
