Stephen Leacock (Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock) Quotes
It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that they are right. They are afraid of being shot down. The result is often silence.
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I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.
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Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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I wanna live.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
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I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
Garry Kasparov
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Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!
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I say, “I hate this ‘keepin’ it real’ stuff. What’s it all about, anyway? Real is what is. If you have to keep something the way it is, then it’s not going with the natural flow. That’s lying. I mean, if you can’t change because you think this is the way it always was and anything else would be phony, that’s stupid.
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I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
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I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
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In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.
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It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.
