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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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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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.
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I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.
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I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble rank - I blush not to state it, nor am I sorry - for the profit of others. In short, I am a slave in Christ to a foreign nation for the unspeakable glory of the eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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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.
