Andrei Lankov Quotes
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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I no longer limit myself.
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From Texas to New Hampshire and everywhere in between, we know that support for policies such as expanded background checks continue to be popular in both parties.
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All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are falling into the unpardonable sin of blasphemy against Him.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Michael Swanwick, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Victoria McManus and others. There are professional artists such as Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger and Susan McAninley.
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Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.
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Campus speech codes, that folly of the navel-gazing left, have increased the appeal of the right. Ideas must confront ideas. When hurt feelings and bruised egos are more important than the unfettered life of the mind, the universities have committed suicide.
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The worst programs are the ones where the programmers doing the original work don't lay a solid foundation, and then they're not involved in the program in the future.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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The best thing women in tech can do is to invest in other women.
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Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship.
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I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.
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I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.
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Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.
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I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
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I like to have fun with them. I like to toy with them a little bit. we're making television, after all. Right?
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When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.
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Our investors are here for only one reason: great returns. They want to make money.
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Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object – we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to kill animals lest they should suffer. Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering.
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Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
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To not have your suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence.
