Alan Weisman Quotes
Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.Alan Weisman
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
Faith Prince -
I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
Damian Lewis -
We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
Viktor Orban -
Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
N. K. Jemisin -
Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.
Rachel True
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I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate.
Pat Conroy -
Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
Daniel Craig -
People are tired of seeing politicians as all talk and no action.
Donald Trump -
It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.
Freddy Adu -
Some people say there's nothing new under the sun. I still think that there's room to create, you know. And intuition doesn't necessarily come from under this sun. It comes from within.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D. -
So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.
Jennifer Chiaverini -
Let's be cautious about narrow nationalism.
James A. Forbes -
We need to encourage and reward those who play by the rules.
Chuck Fleischmann -
Hillary Clinton is the problem; she is not the solution to Donald Trump. We are the solution. We are the ones we've been waiting for. This is our moment. Together, we do have the power to create an America and a world that works for all of us.
Jill Stein -
In period films, it always helps to have someone built to carry a sword, and Channing Tatum clearly hasn't missed a workout for the past two years, so he fits the bill in that regard.
Elvis Mitchell -
The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it.
Kurt Busch
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If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.
Jimmy Piersall -
In those simpler days, you could just take pictures of movie stars and show them the way they were, as normal human beings. And if I felt part of any movement at the time, it was just to do that - to be journalistic and photograph what is, rather than what is made up.
Elliott Erwitt -
There was a little bit of hesitancy about staying in Pittsburgh and not moving away for college, but that didn't last long. It was right in line with what I wanted, so I auditioned there and it wasn't a tough decision.
Zachary Quinto -
Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to solve problems created by technology, to play on maladjustments, and to integrate the individual into a technological world.
Jacques Ellul -
Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.
Alan Weisman