John Ralston Saul Quotes
I am struck by the curious reflection that if everything is inevitable, as our élites tell us, well then we don't really need them. After all, this is the biggest and most expensive élite in history. Either they should do their job or make way.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
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The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
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I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'
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Do you know how many companies have wanted me to do an energy drink for them because I named my book 'Crush It!'? It might be fun one day, but right now I think it would undermine the personal brand I've built.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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A lot of the songs are based on my previous relationship. It didn't work out. I lost him, and it ruined me. I had to learn to get back on my feet. I used that heartbreak to create something really beautiful.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.
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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.
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The biotech game is quickly changing. The people must demand their use of these treatments.
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Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.
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America's history is exemplified in the efforts of the men and women who died for our country. The one thing that they all have in common is their selfless love for our nation and their courage to stand up to protect and defend it. They raised their gaze in the face of conflict, believed in what America could be, and pushed forward.
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When I look at a body I know it gives me choices of what to put in a painting; what will suit me and what won't. There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.
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The automotive year 2013 was, especially for European car makers, extremely challenging.
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I am struck by the curious reflection that if everything is inevitable, as our élites tell us, well then we don't really need them. After all, this is the biggest and most expensive élite in history. Either they should do their job or make way.
