William Howard Taft Quotes
If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
Quotes to Explore
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.
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In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club. I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.
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It's rough being a teenager in this day and age.
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My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams more than I actually liked playing the game.
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I'm having to do a lot to keep my clothes on and not be cast in girlfriend roles. Some women will say, "I don't want to be a man - I want the opportunities I can get as a woman." Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful and I'm not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent - just like there's a side of me that's vulgar and violent.
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Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
