Arnold Beichman Quotes
...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone.
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.
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Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.
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We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.
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A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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I don't know what else you could do that is more vulnerable - maybe dancing - than singing.
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I probably could have a hip-hop-style entourage of 40 people coming with me to the club or whatever, and I don't do that. And I think sometimes maybe I should. It just makes things easier - if you don't like being by yourself, maybe just don't do it ever.
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I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.
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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.
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The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.
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I kind of talk about songwriting in the sense that it's really not my job to try to state hard truths. I'm not out to say this is what truth is, this is what's false, this is reality, this is not reality. What I prefer is to try to create a space where truth can move.
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...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone.
