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Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law.
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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I don't feel like I have to dress up to go to the deli.
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I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.
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My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh every day.
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There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.' Those are all put-downs. I'm all about pick-ups. You have to pick people up and pay it forward.
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Infinity is a territory toward which the inherent human impetus of conquest can be productively directed.
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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life - it is bad to damage and destroy life. And this ethic, profound and universal, has the significance of a religion. It is religion.
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Our people will never keep the Red Flag flying here. There is only one banner that Britain flies, the one that has kept flying for centuries-the red, white and blue.
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We are not a Party of unbridled, brutal capitalism, and never have been. Although we believe in personal responsibility and personal initiative in business, we are not the political children of the 'laissez-faire' school. We opposed them decade after decade.
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I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
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According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.
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The usual test under the Federal Election Campaign Act for whether something counts as a campaign expenditure is whether the obligation would have existed but for the campaign. If so, it is not a campaign expenditure.
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I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town.
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My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points.
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I took parts that either I was offered or felt I could do a good job with.
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I've never been able to lift my own weight, and the day when you have that capacity, it's pretty empowering!
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I think what's good is that men are now realizing that life is not a buffet where you just get to pick and choose whatever you want.
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Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a perfect parent... You need people to be human, and part of it is imperfection.
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Why would you watch an Oscar-nominated film unless you're mad enough to purposely experience feelings? Bleh. I'm not interested in catching those.
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For actors, when you first get the project and you see that it's a Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman-produced project, right away, from an acting standpoint, you go, 'Wow. That'd be great to be part of that. What a career move that'd be.'
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To me, my approach is the most sensible. You're a comic. Therefore you want to get laughs. How do you get the most laughs in an hour? Tell short jokes. And don't say boom boom at the end. Just let the audience laugh then tell another joke. It's the shortest route to where you want to go.
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It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.
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Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put in jail because they violated the law.
