Ralph Nader Quotes
The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
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I once looked over the shoulder of a friend on Facebook and it looked like hieroglyphs to me. There's merit online, of course, but social media gets super freaky. Imagine if three generations from now, people online have forgotten what date or day of the week it is.
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It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.
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I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.
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There's something healing about tears.
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I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.
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Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
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When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
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I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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Orange bright,Like golden lamps in a green light.
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Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and is often credited with its success. But he had no known part in drafting its provisions.
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Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.
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The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.
