Charles Ponzi Quotes
I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
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I don't care if you're Muslim or Christian or Buddhist or whatever your religion is, when you listen to a spiritual song and you really open your heart, you can feel it. You can feel the message of it. Just a simple story.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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At the end of the 1970s, I was a young researcher at the Weizmann Institute with an ambitious plan to shed light on one of the major outstanding questions concerning living cells: the process of protein biosynthesis.
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At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
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I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.
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The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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'I haven’t organized my life as a narrative, you know. I’m not sure you’ll understand.''As listeners, we are not required to understand,' said Qiingi. 'Only to care.'
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Happiness is only the cart; love is the horse.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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Clearly, I've had a wonderful trip in this business.
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It's unfathomable to current skaters. I'm not sure how many of them have been outdoors in their lives.
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I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me.
