Paul Craig Roberts Quotes
Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't realize that their liberties have been supplanted by a Gestapo Police State. Few understand that hard economic times are here to stay.
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I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.
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There are no rebels in the cinema business.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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I'm very proud of 'Valhalla Rising.'
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Children in schools need to have something to do with music and learn it the way they do literature, geography and biology.
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I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.
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Believe me, I understand the need for easy and speedy. After a 12-hour day of shooting 'Chopped,' say, I'm talking stir-fry, spaghetti, heck, peanut-butter sandwiches. But that's not about the joy of food. That's survival.
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A poet's work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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One thing I've learned in my limited experience is you can justify anything intellectually. There are a million reasons to stay with someone, and a million reasons to end something - so you can really only trust your gut.
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Like anyone else, I enjoy my days off.
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What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?
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If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.
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I write from a people's point of view. I love people because I understand them. I understand an enemy, I understand a friend, I understand grey areas, and I understand black areas.
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People buy-into what they can understand quickly. If it takes you a long time to make your point, most people think you don't have one!
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Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't realize that their liberties have been supplanted by a Gestapo Police State. Few understand that hard economic times are here to stay.
