Samuel Butler Quotes
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
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Last week I did a piece for Style on advice to Laura Bush about how to help her husband. This week it's religion. It just depends on what I find interesting at the moment.
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At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.
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The commission had to subpoena the F.A.A. for documents, had to subpoena NORAD for documents and they will never get the full story. That is one of the tragedies. One of these days we will have to get the full story because the 9-11 issue is so important to America. But this White House wants to cover it up.
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I feel lonely at times, but I don't want to get into a relationship with someone if it is not right. I'm not the type of person who just does things to do them.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
