Bill Crawford Quotes
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
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Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I think sometimes I'm more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you're always hurrying. And sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. I'm here and there.
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The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.
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I was very intellectually oriented, very early on.
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If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job.
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It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
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Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to come, can only be taken as the result of animal spirits-a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities.
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To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
