Rupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch) Quotes
Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?
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If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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My father was a lawyer.
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My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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In America, to be ID'd - sorted, tagged, and permanently filed - is to lose a bit of one's soul. To die a little. This sounds like a subtle, poetic notion. It's not. In American legal and cultural tradition, one essential privilege of citizenship is not having to prove it on demand.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclusion. I'm very happy that the 'Post' can take the responsibility to report on China in a broader and deeper way. I believe the 'Post' must be fair to our readers. We should let our readers see China from more angles and perspectives.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.
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I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
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It's kind of fun to be sexy.
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There's a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a little bit. There's a lot of girls out there that have a tougher side to them. I just think that people are really grown and attracted to that, and that's why people like to see me fight.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
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I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
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When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself.
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Any song I do, I put my heart and soul into and, as an artist, you can only hope it makes other people feel the way you feel when making it.
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After I became confident in Him it didn't matter what anyone said because I was confident in something and someone way bigger than myself.
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Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?
