George Horace Lorimer Quotes
The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani and the government have committed themselves to a process. I don't think this process is about changing the principles of the Islamic republic, but it is about accepting a certain path of opening in the political and economic fields.
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
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I consider myself a progressive. I have a passion for people who work. To me, this is about forward looking versus backward looking. Ideological gradations are the wrong way to look at it.
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.
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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Every single thing in my life is built around race.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
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The idea of having to match a pair of socks to your tie or to your pants just doesn't make any sense to me... With boots, you don't have to worry about it. Nobody sees your socks.
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I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.
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The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place.
