Larry Niven Quotes
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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The marginal cost of doing something 'just this once' always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher. Yet unconsciously, we will naturally employ the marginal-cost doctrine in our personal lives.
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Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
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Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.
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Architecture begins where engineering ends.
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If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.
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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
