Dan Rather Quotes
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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When I wrote 'Hatchet,' I knew that I was not re-inventing the wheel. That was never my intention. My goal was to make an '80s-style slasher flick that actually holds up. Basically, I wanted to make the movie that I wanted to see and pay no mind to current trends or conventions.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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I think I've played a lesbian about five times. The first one was with Helen Baxendale in a drama called 'The Investigator,' about the conditions lesbians had to live under in the army in Britain, which was based on a true story.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.
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I think that nationality has no relation to that which gives rise to manga. Even among the Japanese, manga creators are making their creations everyday reflecting their own individuality, with none being the same. What is important isn't the differences between the creators but their love for manga.
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is simply to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
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Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
