Naomi Mitchison Quotes
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
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For singers, I believe we can sing in a lot of keys. I know I have this big range, but the point is to find a key that emotionally connects people.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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I can't play a character that I am judging.
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I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.
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To create the protection for the corporations, government is actually growing bigger than ever before, in every part of the world. Yet its growing extremely thin as a protector of people.
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One piece of leather moulded to make a boot, instead of a lot of pieces…
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I think I can get away, sometimes, with walking in the streets and not getting noticed. I like that. I want my work to get noticed, not me. And it's slowly getting there, which is good.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?
