Herbert Spencer Quotes
The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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Fear controls you.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.
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I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
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When I came to Yahoo! in 2012, I came because I really wanted to work hard. I thought it was a great challenge.
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To be able to stand on the podium and see one Canadian flag raised is one thing, but to see two, it feels like you're not alone.
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Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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A fart is not only a political statement; it is also a weapon.
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In the new science of the twenty-first century, not physical force but spiritual force will lead the way. Mental and spiritual gifts will be more in demand than gifts of a physical nature. Extrasensory perception will take precedence over sensory perception. And in this sphere woman will again predominate.
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I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.
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The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.
