Carlo M. Cipolla Quotes
...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever. My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car; all I listen to is sports talk.
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I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
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I like game shows.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.
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I know that you can only keep a secret a secret for so long.
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It is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assertions.
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I hate when I get asked, 'What's it like to be a woman in comics?'
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I think the biggest sacrifice I had to make was giving up time and missing out on things. Not going to college and getting the college experience. Or missing important holidays. All my time was spent in the studio.
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I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.
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I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.
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Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.
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Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
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The legal fight over climate change begins in the United States with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. Under the Act, the E.P.A. is required to publish a list of 'stationary sources' of air pollution, of which the most important are power plants.
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Kiss will always be Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley to me.
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My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.
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Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.
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Perhaps there's a lot of quality television that's not right for the individual who needs questions answered in each episode, and perhaps reality television may be a better option. With the integrity of HBO and their drive to tell stories, it takes time to arrive at any sort of answers.
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...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed.
