William Henry Vanderbilt Quotes
The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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We do a lot of outbound work where we're talking about the future. As we get involved with these new products, it helps us have a platform to talk about where the future is going.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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Most of my stuff hasn't gone viral. I have been successful on YouTube and I'm very proud of the stuff that I've done, but compared to the people who are actual internet stars and making a living off of it, my views are nothing.
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It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
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My thing about having another child was, time's-a-wasting!
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If you don't think about or deal with an issue, it gets bigger.
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Why should anyone be interested in my life? It's the prurience I find so extraordinary. Why, why, oh why should my private life be of any interest to the public? The only people who should be interested are my friends.
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But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.
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On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.
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That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
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My parents were incredibly inclusive.
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With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
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I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.
