Ezra Pound Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Our D.V.R.s make up the schedule of the shows that we're passionate about. You want Jon Stewart? You've got it. Your D.V.R. will give that to you, as opposed to making the destination and the choice to spend that evening with a network.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.
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I can't listen to anything when I write, not even the TV. I do have to listen to music when I drive, though.
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People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.
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I went to Catholic high school for half a year and religion wasn't the cool thing to talk about even at a catholic high school. It never came up.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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Small talk comes from small bones.
