Antanas Mockus Quotes
Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
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I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.
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Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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From day one, The Shield was a vehicle. It wasn't, 'This is what we're doing for the rest of our lives.' It was, 'This is the vehicle we'll use to bust into WWE, to ride to the top of it, and then we fight each other.' That was always the plan.
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Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules, and are sensitized by art, humor, and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change.
