Renata Adler Quotes
My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firing.
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I'm not a Republican.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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The GOP used to be united on a traditionalist view of social and moral issues.
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If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
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Humans are the big thing that cause damage in life - in war or whatever - and if I can get away from that and into a wilderness situation, I'm OK. You can more or less live on your own merit.
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Addictive drugs misuse the brain’s existing pre-programming, activating reward mechanisms and extreme feelings of pleasure. When stimulated, the brain’s pleasure centres emit signals to repeat the behaviour. In this sense, the brain is pre-programmed to feel good.
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When you see some evil you proceed to immediate action, you make an immediate attack to cure the symptom.
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Is this about you and Hassan? I know there's something going on between you two, but whatever it is, you have to deal with it, not me. I'm staying out of it.
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You know, I have written about this and described it in many different settings, and I did misspeak the other day. This has been a very long campaign.
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The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.
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La tierra tiene lo que tú levantas de la tierra. Nada más tiene.
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Convince me, but without convictions. Convictions no longer convince me.
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New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
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That's the thing that I'm really most proud of: that I'm still... people still would like to see me. I love seeing them.
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The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.
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I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm running up against actuality and beholden to the truth in a different way.
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The plan is to keep on putting out records until someone shows up and tells us to stop.
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Great parts of our economy are directly dependent upon women having a weak self-concept. A multi-billion dollar fashion-cosmetic industry testifies to the validity of this approach. A woman who does not know who she is can be sold anything.
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My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firing.
