Evan Esar Quotes
Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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I am severely dyslexic, so I'm not the person who can do a lot of typing, writing and mathematics. I don't excel in anything except in things that had to do with creativity and things with my hands. I like to build things and take things apart.
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I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.
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I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.
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Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
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I used to love to go to the movies - I'd see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started... now that I think about it, that's kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say, I still love going to the movies, but I don't sneak in anymore.
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Just having the internet is a weird and dangerous thing because people become accustomed to knowing things when they want to know them and not having to work for it. I definitely see the value in not knowing everything and having mystery in life and mystery in people.
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What I discovered in Auschwitz is the human condition, the end point of a great adventure, where the European traveler arrived after his two-thousand-year-old moral and cultural history.
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I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me.
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There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes aspired to by senior professional people, be they doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants, or the clergy.
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Under dictatorship, the people in prison are always superior to the people who put them there.
