Peter Thiel Quotes
When parents have invested enormous amounts of money in their kids' education, to find their kids coming back to live with them - well, that was not what they bargained for.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
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At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I went to New York for Fashion Week and girls showed up waiting to see me. It's funny because there's a group of girls who I actually recognize because they always show up. It's nice and I'm like, 'Hi girls! I recognize your faces!' It's just like a feel-good experience.
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In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.
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As the state's chief elections officer, it is my job to make sure that only eligible voters vote, but also that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote.
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I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.
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I've traveled the world in one of the best groups ever. I'm 42.
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When parents have invested enormous amounts of money in their kids' education, to find their kids coming back to live with them - well, that was not what they bargained for.
