Alexandre Kojeve Quotes
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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By 1892, enlightenment had progressed to the point where the Salem trials were simply an embarrassing blot on the history of New England. They were a part of the past that was best forgotten: a reminder of how far the human race had come in two centuries.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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The show has become my therapy.
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If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do.
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I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany.
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My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.
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Fashion definitely has the power to change the world.
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I know if it was the Time 99, I would've been off the list.
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Indeed, the ideal for a well-functioning democratic state is like the ideal for a gentleman's well-cut suit - it is not noticed. For the common people of Britain, Gestapo and concentration camps have approximately the same degree of reality as the monster of Loch Ness. Atrocity propaganda is helpless against this healthy lack of imagination.
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When someone says, 'Shut up, farmer,' it hurts. It's difficult to explain, but it hurts.
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Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.
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I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.
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I just want to play strong characters, whatever that is in. For me, television is where it's at. You get to play a character for a long period of time, and you get to dig deep. It's a home to go to.
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I scouted all the girls at Wimbledon. I wasn't impressed.
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When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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Evidence is now available to indicate that the 14-to-18- year-old group is an increasing segment of the smoking population. RJR-T must soon establish a successful new brand in this market if our position in the industry is to be maintained over the long term.
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Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.
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Human life is a comedy-one must play it seriously.
