Judith Rodin Quotes
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It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
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One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.
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I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.
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We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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Don't take anything from me because I'll track it down.
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In a world with weak aggregate demand, countries are engaging in a futile competition for a greater share of it. In the process, they are creating financial-sector and cross-border risks that will become increasingly apparent as countries exit their unconventional policies.
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Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
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The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they are lost. Young people indeed have fewer opportunities than before. But is it true that there are no more opportunities for them? No!
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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
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I love to take baths.
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.
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Now you are on the Buddhist way. Keep up your meditation, as there is no instant illumination. The mind moves slowly into this. Do not become attached to your method. When, in the course of your meditation, your consciousness will have expanded and been transformed, you will then recognize that all the ways are valid ways.
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Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.
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People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.
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To me, art is not a solitary delight. It is a means of stirring the greatest number of men by providing them with a privileged image of our common joys and woes.
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Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.
