George Mikes Quotes
You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.
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If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
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I don't have to show that I am working very hard.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
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It is imperative that we should not pare down the meaning of a dream to fit some narrow doctrine. … No language exists that cannot be misused. It is hard to realize how badly we are fooled by the abuse of ideas, it even seems as if the unconscious had a way of strangling the physician in the coils of his own theory.
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.
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The morbid logician seeks to make everything lucid, and succeeds in making everything mysterious.
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The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
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If you look at it closely, 'Mankatha' is a politically incorrect film. It explores the darker side of the human mind, and I think, while watching it, people are, in a sense, redeeming themselves of their own guilt.
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My approach is simply to seek out very talented people, ensure that the environment at SpaceX is as motivating & enjoyable as possible and establish clear & measurable objectives.
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Create and stir other people to create.
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You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
