Noam Chomsky Quotes
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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I still feel I need to do things 10 times better than other players. Just to be accepted and to improve myself.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
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To create an organization that's adaptable and innovative, people need the freedom to challenge precedent, to 'waste' time, to go outside of channels, to experiment, to take risks and to follow their passions.
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All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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We have an opportunity to create a future where we are actually encouraging providers to keep people away from acute care, whenever possible.
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When followed correctly, the Dukan Diet is both a safe and effective method of weight loss.
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Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.
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And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves, then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven...Last of all he will be able to see the sun.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
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In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents.
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Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
