Virginia Postrel Quotes
How we feel about the evolving future tells us who we are as individuals and as a civilization: Do we search for stasis-a regulated, engineered world? Or do we embrace dynamism-a world of constant creation, discovery, and competition?
Quotes to Explore
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
I still have a young attitude.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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I like the Kardashians. I watch 'em. When Kim got the botox in her face, and it made her face go weepy, that was funny. I also watch 'America's Next Top Model.' I've always been a big fan.
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I'm not a stock expert by any means. Stocks go up; they go down.
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I don't have kids, but in many ways I feel I've had them already. I don't want to say I raised my brothers - that sounds too strong - but actually I do feel like that a bit.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
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How we feel about the evolving future tells us who we are as individuals and as a civilization: Do we search for stasis-a regulated, engineered world? Or do we embrace dynamism-a world of constant creation, discovery, and competition?
