George F. Kennan Quotes
Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
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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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The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.
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A wide range of possible fiscal policy tools and approaches could enhance the cyclical stability of the economy. For example, steps could be taken to increase the effectiveness of the automatic stabilizers, and some economists have proposed that greater fiscal support could be usefully provided to state and local governments during recessions.
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Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.
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Why should guns be treated different than toasters? If your defective product injures somebody, you're responsible for it.
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Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
