Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.
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I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
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The way deals are done, every idea is looked at 50 different ways. Now, the market continues to change all the time. And we are always looking at everything in evaluating how it fits with our strategy.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.
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You enjoy being put in that position. You want to be in that position. As a kid you always think about making big shots to win a game or send a game into overtime. Even to this day, I still have dreams like that.
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So for front-runners we have a black and a woman. It's like being made to choose between syphilis or having and old man crap on your face. I would do the country a favor and run myself but I couldn't deprive Hollywood of me for 4 years.
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We look at Sony as someone who's jumping into the space to help evangelize and build out VR. They're very centered around a console experience.
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while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.
