Scott Adams Quotes
As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.
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There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.
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Actors do like watching girls parade down the runway for some reason.
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I'm a dork!
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
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If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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I've been to Israel many times - I've lost count of how many times.
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One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name.
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Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
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New York is my favorite city.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'The Caretaker' is funny up to a point. Beyond that, it ceases to be funny, and it was because of that point that I wrote it.
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I think you do independent movies because you're looking to cut away from commercial movies.
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As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.
