Paul Ryan Quotes
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
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My spiritual evolution I would describe as journey from literalism to figuratism. I now see all religious texts as pointing to an ineffable truth.
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Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
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My mom and I are very close.
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The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.
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When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.
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I find a tremendous receptivity among the public for the subject matter of, 'Where did we come from and how did we get here?' People are thirsty and hungry for information on our origins. I feel a responsibility as a major figure in the area... to convey to the public the knowledge of human origins in a way that is understandable to them.
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We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.
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I am actually a very gentle person.
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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles especially strong. Job growth has bolstered household income, and lower energy prices have left consumers with more to spend on other goods and services.
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It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.
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When you are in a live-action movie, you have so many more options to express yourself. You can use your body and your gestures and facial expressions. When you are doing an animated movie, you really only have your voice.
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Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.
