Umberto Eco Quotes
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I am someone who is so grateful and practice gratitude every single day.
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I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.
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Wine is connected to abundance.
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Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.
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There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
