R. Lee Wrights Quotes
Democracy? I want nothing to do with a system which operates on the premise that my rights don’t exist simply because I am outnumbered.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved the world of imagination.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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I have never known stage-fright at any time.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you will be disgusted with them into the bargain. By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day and you aren’t disgusted with them until the book is finished, which will be in about six weeks.
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You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.
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The fact that I'm very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It's nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.
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We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.
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Because Republicans have no ideas, they want to turn elections into the battle of dollars.
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Democracy? I want nothing to do with a system which operates on the premise that my rights don’t exist simply because I am outnumbered.
