P. J. Plauger Quotes
If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.
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Broadway is really my life.
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.
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The general belief is that communists in the United Nations come only from the Iron Curtain countries, but this isn't so. We must remember that many of the representatives of free countries are members of the local Communist parties. If you add them all up, you will see they have an amazing degree of control.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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I'm gonna stay an album guy. In fact, concept albums are really blowing my mind right now, because if you want to promote an album, think about it - a concept album might be the way to go.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.
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I'm a polyatheist - there are many gods I don't believe in.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar backgrounds to mine were drawn towards radical messages of hate and violence.
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My greatest hope is that we learn how trauma induces neurodegeneration in susceptible individuals.
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If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.
