Al Capone Quotes
I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
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When I was starting out and had to cut my teeth and build my resume to get in, I had to basically work for free on a lot of things.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.
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Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma ray burst that sterilizes the earth, or by human-driven environmental collapse.
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There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.
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I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
