Alfred Polgar Quotes
It is the destiny of the emigrant that the foreign land does not become his homeland: his homeland becomes foreign.
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As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
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We've only made three investments: Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga.
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I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I've been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn't change anything. I'm happy with who I am!
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All that matters is to help the team.
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Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first word: it should be examined before it is discarded.
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Solve the problem yourself or accept a fate you may not like... from this perspective, the ethic of personal responsibility gains appeal.
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The tone in which an Englishman expresses anger would, in Italy, be only a mark of surprise.
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The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.
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I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.
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Outside the seasons passed: sun, snow, spring green, October storms . . . was this a vision of my future? When would the shunning hero come, to set the clock if my life in motion again? Would he come some morning, or in the night? In April or December? This year? Next year? I shuddered. No, I wouldn't just sit and wait. I wanted to go out. Maybe there were new men out there, better men, men who'd just been waiting for me. Somewhere someone is always waiting for someone.
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I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.
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And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
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All ages serve and worship the same God, gather under the same gospel and add to the collective song that praises the faithfulness of God as each generation shares in his promises to us.
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It is the destiny of the emigrant that the foreign land does not become his homeland: his homeland becomes foreign.
