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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Most geniuses are weird.
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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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I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.
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When confronted with a direct threat to American security, Obama has shown he is willing to act unilaterally - in a targeted, get-in-and-get-out fashion, that avoids, at all costs, the kind of messy ground wars and lengthy occupations that have drained America's treasury and spirit for the past decades.
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When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.
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That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.
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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.
