Isaac Mayer Wise Quotes
Genius is inconsiderate, self-relying, and, like unconscious beauty, without any intention to please.
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I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.
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I remember doing my mosaics or being in my little hiding place behind the couch snooping. I'd get bored sometimes, of course, but I think that's good for a kid, because it forces you to be creative.
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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.
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The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
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I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about.
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I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment.
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Somehow it just don't seem fittin' for a bridegroom to spend his weddin' night in a tree.
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No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
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So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.
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So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.
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Reason can never be the absolute dictator of man's mental or moral economy.
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I have no intention of selling any more of the historical Apollo 11 items in my possession for the remainder of my life. I intend to pass a portion of these items on to my children and to loan the most important items for permanent display in suitable museums around the country.
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I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions, and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.
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When I first started working, I was very aware of the fact that I'd been to university and studied Russian and French and not acting. So when I started working, I'd started working quite young, I felt like it was important to treat myself kind of like an apprentice and do as many different types of things as I could.
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I think a young woman's relationship with her father is really important.
