Simon Cameron Quotes
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I don't think what I look like is relevant.
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.
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Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.
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When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever.
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Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies.
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Spend your energy on things that make a difference.
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The thing about Dirk [Gently] is that he's very lonely.
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I think that the response to the OJ Simpson trial was based on a kind of sensibility that emerged out of the many campaigns to defend black communities against police violence.
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The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.
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I walk the world in wonder.
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If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
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Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans whose ancestors bought a great parcel of land in 1780 and have been accumulating family wealth by collecting rents ever since. In America, that old money is long gone - through instability, inflation, taxes, philanthropy, and spending.
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I don't like exercising; I'll be honest with you.
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An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
