John Stossel Quotes
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.
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Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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Everything in nature is not just a straight up. It's an S-curve. It arises for a while until it hits some physical limitation, and then it plateaus again.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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Before you can lead anybody else, you gotta put yourself in the right position to be successful.
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I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.
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Evil men of every degree will use you, flatter you, lead you on until you are useless; then, if the virtuous do not pity you, or God compassionate, you are without a friend in the universe.
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Every time I dance, it's a tremendous blessing, and I just can't forget that.
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Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.
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I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.
