Michael K. Powell Quotes
Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.
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I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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Progress makes us lose the feeling of a ceremony that cooking should have. It has significantly shifted our values so that now it seems to us that only activities with an economic reward are worth pursuing.
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Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.
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Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
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And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.
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I love Costco.
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The motivation for making movies is that people actually see them.
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When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.
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I have some sarcastic sides of me.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.
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I do have a regular childhood.
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Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
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Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
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In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.
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The trouble with excuses, however, is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they’ve been used a couple of times.
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Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.
