Charles Ritz Quotes
The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the skill and mastery the fish demands from the fisherman
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.
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Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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I don't watch a lot of TV.
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One thing I know that's true about horror fans of any color is they like to be scared. And the easiest place to be scared is in a new thing.
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I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.
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Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.
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I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.
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The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.
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A Portuguese is not going to punch you for no reason.
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If you care at all,you'll get some results. If you care enough, you'll get incredible results.
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I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.
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If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt.
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A large number of students around the world don't really have access to high quality education. So, launching EdX allows students all over the world to have much better access to a high quality education from a university such as Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and others as we add more universities.
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We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.
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The sporting qualities of a fish are dependent neither on its size nor its weight, but on the effort of concentration, the skill and mastery the fish demands from the fisherman
