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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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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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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I'm like this. When I feel something, I want to do something, I do it - I just do it. So I'm like this also in my life: if I want to wear some crazy clothes, I put it on.
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Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.
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War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
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People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them – I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
