Lana Wachowski Quotes
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
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But every company of the future is going to be in the business of exquisite care - which means quick turnaround time and convenience. To deliver exquisite care, you need an organization that coordinates well and listens well.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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The first time you win, nobody picks you; the last time you win, nobody picks you. You've just got to pick yourself.
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I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
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In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book.
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Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.
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I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
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Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.
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Anthony Johnson hits harder than any other person, no doubt. Every time he hit me, it made me kind of, like, fly all over the place. He was trying to take my head off.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.
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I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly.
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Success of bitcoin and the exchanges that deal in it could be interpreted by some to mean the demise of central banks, Wall Street, and the Washington insiders who trade on inside information and market manipulation.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
