Scott Adams Quotes
The maintenance man is moving the thermostat in our office today. I started talking with him about the
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.
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The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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EO 11110 did not order the printing of Silver Certificates. It ordered the amendment of a previous executive order so that the United States Code would authorize or 'empower' the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Silver Certificates if the occasion should arise.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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Bahrain is very dear to me.
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It's hard work to ensure that all schools are safe and welcoming places for all children. It means changing policies, practices and cultures; providing school support personnel; and funding programs like restorative justice - not simply resorting to excessive and often discriminatory discipline.
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
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People can be so neglectful of each other and of their own heritage - then death intrudes. Conversations we wish that we'd had earlier are had too late.
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The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there.
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Apart from logical cogency, there is to me something a little odd about the ethical valuations of those who think that an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent Deity, after preparing the ground by many millions of years of lifeless nebulae, would consider Himself adequately rewarded by the final emergence of Hitler and Stalin and the H-bomb.
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I've always liked using flutes and clarinets. Any time I can use those, I'm really happy.
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My responsibility will be to unite all the women and men ready to take on the tremendous challenges which are waiting for us, and to act.
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Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.
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The maintenance man is moving the thermostat in our office today. I started talking with him about the
