George F. Kennan Quotes
Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
Quotes to Explore
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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One of the great responsibilities we have as a society is to educate ourselves, along with the next generation, about which substances are worth ingesting, and for what purpose, and which are not.
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I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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If I have one success in my relationship history, it's with the people who listen to my music. I think that they'll be there with me forever, and I'll be there with them forever. And I'm totally satisfied with that.
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I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
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I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children.
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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.
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My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.
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Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.
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If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers have 'skin in the game,' and their net worth is tied to their long-term performance.
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Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
