Paul Bloom Quotes
I think what a lot of fiction is, is the imagining of the worst so as to prepare ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them.
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I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.
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History can never be covered up.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.
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I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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Humans are very good at dreaming, although you’d never know it from your television.
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When you hear that a certain man is so good that he wants to help everybody, you may depend upon it that he started the story.
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Money only buys the illusion of power. Real power is in the force of will - will strong enough that others bend to it for its own sake, and follow it willingly. Power that is won through deception will evaporate under the hot light of truth.
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No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness.
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There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
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I'm from an Irish Catholic family.
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It always makes me sad when someone comments on how much they love my work- from 15 years ago! I don't want to be just another old school guy that fell off.
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I have two poodles - I'm a poodle person.
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In 2010 - after raising capital to launch Forerunner Ventures - we aimed to invest in companies targeting digitally savvy customers looking to be delighted by experiences and founded by visionary leaders committed to leveraging data and quantifying the results.
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I think what a lot of fiction is, is the imagining of the worst so as to prepare ourselves.
