Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
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I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian approach to society because you are saving lives. You are playing with people's lives.
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Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.
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I don't care if you're Muslim or Christian or Buddhist or whatever your religion is, when you listen to a spiritual song and you really open your heart, you can feel it. You can feel the message of it. Just a simple story.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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L.A.'s a great city in a lot of ways. There's a lot of great weather here. I know some good people.
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Something theoretical in the past may become evident and established in the present or in the future. It is a self-evident fact that creation has an innate tendency towards perfection, and it is through this that creation is bound to the law of development or gradual perfection.
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When people say 'Charlie Chaplin' I still think now of the guy in the moustache and bowler hat and funny walk - I don't think of an old man who was my grandfather.
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Winning the World Cup was a dream come true after so many years of wanting something so bad. After that final whistle, I dropped to the ground on my knees and got emotional.
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A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about.
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The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.
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I am so tired of rearranging my life around what the stupidest people might do.
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Poverty Jet Set: A group of people given to chronic travelling at the expense of long-term job stability or a permenant residence. Tend to have doomed and extremely expensive phone call relationships with people named Serge or Ilyana. Tend to discuss frequent flyer programs at parties.
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I want to live forever! I want to learn how to fly high!
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America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.
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Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.
