R. A. Salvatore Quotes
Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I know politics; I know the media.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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I'm also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there's some kind of good karma right now.
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We take the traditional value investor's process and just flip it around a little bit. The traditional value investor asks 'Is this cheap?' and then 'Why is it cheap?' We start by identifying a reason something might be mispriced, and then if we find a reason why something is likely mispriced, then we make a determination whether it's cheap.
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I wear black while suckers wear pink.
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Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.
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Growing up, I've always felt I was from two different worlds. I was born in the U.S., but my parents were born in Vietnam, and they raised my sisters and I with the parenting methods of the Vietnamese culture.
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Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards.
