Umberto Eco Quotes
A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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The world is always in movement.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation. It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.
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I've got everything I need: a nice piece of land with hawks and owls and incredible sunsets, and the good will of my neighbors.
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The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
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From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.
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The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in sight. This provides a boost in motivation during those moments when slogging forward seems impossible, giving you something tangible to work towards at every moment.
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A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.
