Machado de Assis Quotes
In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.
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If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.
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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.
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Honestly, I was so happy for Bruce because I loved Bruce... and Bruce felt like my brother. You know, I wanted him to be OK, and I was just thrilled he'd found someone who had four children and someone who understood what it was like to be a parent - you know, just to have that great family life again.
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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.
