Mel Karmazin Quotes
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
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I think that when you put yourself, as actors have to do, in other people's shoes, when you have to put on the costume that someone else has worn in their life, it gets much, much harder to be prejudiced against them and even to be - to not try to look at the world in a sense of "I'm not going to judge somebody. I'm going to try to understand who they are and what they're about."
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
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I care about strangers when they're abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they're literally in front of me.
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The only person who can fix education is the student.
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To paint nature you must be in it a long time.
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
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There are two types of mind . . . the mathematical, and what might be called the intuitive. The former arrives at its views slowly, but they are firm and rigid; the latter is endowed with greater flexibility and applies itself simultaneously to the diverse lovable parts of that which it loves.
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Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.
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When you're the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope diamond.
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Lovers and mystics are familiar with this sense of grandeur, this taste of joy - in abandoning oneself to the will of others.
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“Atmosphere" is a massive song. A lot of people say it's their favorite Joy Division song, but it's not mine; it reminds me too much of Ian, like it's his death march or something, and it figures that it's one of the most popular songs to play at funerals: Robbie Williams has got "Angels" for weddings and we've got "Atmosphere" for funerals.
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Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.
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More teenagers go to movies or rent a tape of a movie than sit down and watch sitcoms on television.
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It's not that Perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or tool has ever done.
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I skip through the programming to watch the commercials.
