Noam Chomsky Quotes
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Quotes to Explore
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If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
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Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
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Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
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Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference.
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I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.
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When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.
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Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.
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Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
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In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.
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One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.
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They are not leaders because of brilliancy. ...but because, by the power of prayer, they could command the power of God.
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If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.
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This was a very difficult determination in an extremely close race. Both men will make far better Virginia chief executives than their critics would lead you to believe.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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He always threw to the right base. We say that about most outfielders. Ruth always threw to the right base. DiMaggio always threw to the right base. The others maybe did, maybe didn’t. Mays most of the time threw to the right base, but Ruth always threw to the right base.
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I have a big personality, and I've been attracted to women with big personalities. I think that is usually going to happen when you have big personalities.
