Oliver D. Crisp Quotes
There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.
Quotes to Explore
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The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
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We are building technology to keep up with what's happening in the world. It's transforming the way people are working. We're bringing the enterprise to the world.
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Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.
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The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
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I'm very humble.
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Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.
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In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.
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It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor.
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The reason I got into this union was to bring people together.
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There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.
