Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.
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Freedom is popular. Bring it on.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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When I do my shows, it's really cross-generational. Sometimes there's three generations there.
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'I frankly doubt that.''Ah. That is your privilege. But doubt doesn’t alter fact, sir.'
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I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.
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If you want an innovative environment, hire innovative people, listen to them tell you what they want, and do it.
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I love being at home, having friends over.
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The way to have power is to take it.
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The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
