Vladimir Lenin Quotes
Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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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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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can be because they're not loaded with all of the extra stuff. It's human, and it's more organic, but theater is very unique... It's a different connection altogether.
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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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Actors don't have real value.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
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Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?
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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.
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I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
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Look, you see those groups talking about negativity and anger, and they'd do that for two albums, and then you'd see them change up. I knew they couldn't do a Kurt Cobain on their whole career. You can't stay like that all the time. It's like when Hammer tried to go gangster. You can't be something that you're not.
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Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression.
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There's a difference between people who do hurtful things because they're evil and people who do bad things because of their circumstances.
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So those of us who believe in democracy, we need to speak out forcefully, because both the facts and history, I believe, are on our side. That doesn’t mean democracies are without flaws. It does mean that the cure for what ails our democracies is greater engagement by our citizens - not less.
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One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.
