Evan Esar Quotes
If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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I can be more cold than people would like me to be.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
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I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called Improv Olympic. They have showcases for Lorne Michaels and other writers and people who work at 'SNL' usually about once a year, although I don't know if it always happens.
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As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
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Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
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I'm hoping one day to open my own shelter. I would be the person with the three-legged dog. I just love animals more than people; I really do.
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I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise.
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During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.
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I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.
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I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.
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My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages.
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When you have a traumatic experience, you look at your mindset.
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Some people need a command-and-control environment.
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I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.
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Prajñāpāramitā Buddhism is not a religion suitable for the brainless.
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If it required some effort to go from today to tomorrow, some people would always remain in yesterday.
