Carroll Quigley Quotes
The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.
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I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years.
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It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.
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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It's basically a mini-country unto itself.
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Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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Todo o homem que merece ser célebre sabe que não vale a pena sê-lo.
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When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit.
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I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in.
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I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
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Everything has to have some kind of a point for people to breathe easy. What's the point of life? I have no clue, but sometimes there are things that just attract us and pull us in a certain way.
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It takes heart to be a guerrilla warrior because you’re on your own. In conventional warfare you have tanks and a whole lot of other people with you to back you up-planes over your head and all that kind of stuff. But a guerrilla is on his own. All you have is a rifle, some sneakers and a bowl of rice, and that’s all you need-and a lot of heart.
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The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.
