Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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I'm always forming bands.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.
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It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
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I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
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There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up communications.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.
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The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough.
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Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.
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Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'
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There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end up going to jail for it, you're finished as a businessman for good.
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Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.
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As far as cutting jobs, you could cut whole agencies out of the federal government and not miss them.
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Go as far as you can. Go further than you can!
