Arlene J. Chai Quotes
The past defines us as much as the present. By never knowing my past, I was never sure of who I was. Because mine was missing, I never felt whole.
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I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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I'd made enough money by the time I was 12 to never have to work again.
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Retired Americans living on Social Security, exempt from taxes because their income is modest, are not the problem.
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I'm just riding this train as long as I can. As long as I'm having fun, I'll do it. When it stops being fun, I'll try something else. Maybe I'll open up a chain of Popeye's Chicken.
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I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
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I think sometimes when you want attention, you can wear sunglasses, and people are like, 'Who is that?'
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Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
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'The Kids Are All Right' is amazing. The performances are insanely good. Julianne Moore is going to wreck you. This is the best I've ever seen her, and I've seen everything she's ever done. I like the story, and I think it's a great alternative to the big summer popcorn blockbusters.
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When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.
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If a given science accidentally reached its goal, this would by no means stop the workers in the field, who would be driven past their goal by the sheer momentum of the illusion of unlimited progress.
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These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.
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In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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When I was younger, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I told a lot of lies in school. I told my friends once that I was playing John Travolta's daughter in a movie. I also told people that I had this romantic affair with Jonathan Taylor Thomas over a summer.
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The past defines us as much as the present. By never knowing my past, I was never sure of who I was. Because mine was missing, I never felt whole.
