Sxip Shirey (Gene "Sxip" Shirey) Quotes
In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.
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The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
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We are building technology to keep up with what's happening in the world. It's transforming the way people are working. We're bringing the enterprise to the world.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
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I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character.
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It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.
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The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
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I'm very humble.
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Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.
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I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.
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We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.
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I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.
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Long before I realized I was exploring something, that I was looking to develop something in myself, I was just naturally drawn to movies and entertainment and stories that had a core element of spiritual discovery.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.
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I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.
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In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.
