Albert Parsons Quotes
Every great robbery that was ever perpetrated upon a people has been by virtue of an in-the-name-of law.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one more ping-pong ball in there, and literally, in five seconds, the room was popping. And then it was dead. And that's how it was with 'Dallas.' Just... 'boom!'
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange movies because most of the movies I did, like 'Irreversible' or 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' and a bunch of others, and even in France, they always come out as a particular movie, not like the typical French kind of movies that people know most of the time.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
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I love what TLC did with the baggy pants. I love a lot of throwbacks.
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There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.
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From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly.
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.
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Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.
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What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.
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Every great robbery that was ever perpetrated upon a people has been by virtue of an in-the-name-of law.
