Edmund Burke Quotes
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself, and not long after that, I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't have been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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I talk about Beyonce too much. I am a diehard.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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When I first started playing the banjo and miraculously fell into a record deal in Nashville, TN, there was a period when I didn't go to China. It hurt. Like a pain in my gut... that pain you feel when you know it's time to connect with your parents or your God or your child or your past or your future... and you don't do it.
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I had no intention of being an entertainer.
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The Men at Work thing is always there, it's always going to be there. It's not something I consciously think that much about anymore. The thing that stays with you is the songs, which is a good thing for me, because the songs are the things that stand the test of time.
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I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.
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Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.
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Pyramid-building, earthquakes, even wars may serve to increase wealth, if the education of our statesmen on the principles of the classical economics stands in the way of anything better.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
