Alan Bock Quotes
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I started off first doing a TV series called 'Boston Common.' That was my first big job, and then I went on to do another half hour comedy show, and that was with Tom Arnold, called 'The Tom Show.'
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.
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The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
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Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection.
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She forced me to become avant-garde and take my clothes off, when all I wanted was to be Tom Jones.
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The individual begins that long effort as an Outsider; he may finish it as a saint.
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I don't believe in happy endings.
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I love, when I'm on holiday in cities, going into church and feeling that reverence and that kind of automatic respect: the sort of magic which exists in those kind of religious temples.
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Opportunity makes a thief.
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I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.
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Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.
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The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.
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I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.
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Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.
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If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.
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Computer monitors can operate in many different video modes. In most cases, the decision about how many pixels and colors to display is yours - but not always.
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I remember Uncle Boysie telling me that Canada was so safe the policemen wore nice red outfits and rode on horses but according to Roy the country was like Gotham City with crooks around every corner… I pictured them as shady Frank Miller characters with bulging muscles and machine guns poking out from trench coats but the photograph from the papers was of a group of boys my age. They kind of resembled some of my friends from Mayaro too.
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I'm not angry or anything at Sonnen, but I will say one thing - I hope nobody gets offended; I don't wanna sound disgusting, and I am certainly not fan of any anthropologic theories - but you can see on that guy's face that he is limited and stupid, and his IQ is not higher than the size of the shoes he's wearing.
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Chance throws peculiar conditions in everyone's way. If we apply intelligence, patience and special vision, we are rewarded with new creative breakthroughs.
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As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.
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