Ruth Gordon Quotes
Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
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Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.
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To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.
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Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I work with brands that I personally connect with or personally use. For example, I was already driving the Suzuki Hayabusa long before I started endorsing Suzuki.
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When I talk about the Internet, it's because young people are there. TV and radio are still what moves the masses, and you can't ignore that. But you also have to feed that monster that grows daily, which is the Internet.
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My mother hoped I would meet a nice doctor or barrister or accountant who would marry me and take me to live in what is now called Fashionable Dublin Four. But she felt that this was a vain hope. I was a bit loud to make a nice professional wife, and anyway, I was too keen on spending my holidays in far flung places to meet any of these people.
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It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
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I've always thought I'd been pretty good with people, and I basically have spent a conflict-free life, you know?
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Sometimes people who sell books are seen as corporate salesmen, and people who sell reading are seen as literacy advocates, but you can't really separate the two.
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I think that the dialogue between police officers and the black community has to get better, but not better in a way where, 'Oh, let's talk about it when something horrible happens.' The dialogue has to be going on consistently, every day.
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To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom.
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Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.
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Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.
