Alvin Rosenfeld Quotes
If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.
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Bullies always have another target.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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If I were to compare the Olympic decathlon to fatherhood, I would say fatherhood is a lot tougher.
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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?
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Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
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I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am a bit doubtful and wary of true happiness, and, like a lot of my friends, there's been a good degree of self-sabotage.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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I do think there is an important artistic component in what we do. As a technology company I've tried to really stress that.
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You're an awful little guy to be such a big thief.
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I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.
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I've never been on a water slide in my life.
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You know, I'd love to do a Maxim shoot. But I'm not going to do it, because that's just stupid to do.
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They always win who side with God.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class.
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If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.
