Thomas A. Edison Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
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The refugee crisis shows we can't be isolated from the world's geopolitical troubles.
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I think poshness is very funny! But I think it's also delightful. There's something wonderful and very innocent about it, particularly with the Edwardians.
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Look for good things about where you are, and in your state of appreciation, you lift all self-imposed limitations - and all limitations are self-imposed - and you free yourself for the receiving of wonderful things.
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Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
