Mikhail Gorbachev Quotes
With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
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I haven't been to Berlin Fashion Week before, but it's really on the up. Being an artist as well as a model, I know that the art world is booming here, so it makes sense that fashion would feel that effect, too.
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It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.
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I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
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When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.
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I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
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I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.
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You are transmitters. Everywhere you are sitting in meditation you are transmitting vibrations, do you know that ? At that time if you are thinking say of your jobs and your other things which you have been thinking before, the transmission is poorer. Think of love. Think of the whole country, think of the whole world at that time. You are transmitters of these waves of love, and love will flow from you.
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I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out.
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In political sense, it doesn't really matter what I do on my own, but it's so important to rally some sort of collectiveness and reignite a collective vision, and I think that's something you can do effectively through art and music, and through writing and entertainment - and just through like, pop culture. It's about spreading ideas and making people think differently, essentially.
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It was just the DNA of my family. Giving back didn't feel like an entitlement; it was an obligation.
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I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life.
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With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.
