Nathaniel Branden Quotes
Rand always says, 'Never pass up an opportunity to pass moral judgment.' Well I say: 'Look for an opportunity to do something more useful instead.' Nobody was led to virtue by being told he was a scoundrel.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They're more likely to feel that their dreams and goals are secure. And, oh yes, they do actually save significantly more.
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It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
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You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.
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I'm made up of immigrant stock. I went to a primary school in London. I grew up eating Spangles, why shouldn't I be as well placed to speak for Londoners as anyone else?
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The space genre is timeless.
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Rand always says, 'Never pass up an opportunity to pass moral judgment.' Well I say: 'Look for an opportunity to do something more useful instead.' Nobody was led to virtue by being told he was a scoundrel.
