Saul Perlmutter Quotes
I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us
Quotes to Explore
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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Being evil is easy.
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The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.
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I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
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Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
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I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.
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We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.
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It's true. In America, you can reinvent yourself at any turn. And, you know, if things aren't going well for you in life, everyone says, change, become someone different.
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I love 'Sunset Boulevard.' I love the writing, I love the performances, I love the camera work. I think it's a perfect movie.
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When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.
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It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
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No one is above the law.
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As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.
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I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us
