C. E. M. Joad Quotes
In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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We're not looking at banning all weapons.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
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Figure out who you are.
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
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I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.
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A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.
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The biggest thing the money Infosys brought me is the freedom to do what I want. And what I want is to give millions more the opportunities I had.
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There's always a part of my brain saying: 'Stop getting comfortable. Don't relax.' Because I find it difficult to write when I'm happy. I have to go out there and get battered up and bruised to write anything. I have to feel something.
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In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.
