Daniel Defoe Quotes
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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5-hour Energy has always been about helping hard working people, and the Amazing People program takes this further by making a significant difference in the lives of those who are working through difficult circumstances.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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I went out there, and I fought Anderson Silva, and you know what? I got a big W, and that's massive for my career going forward.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman!
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.
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For every $10 you reduce the price of the smartphone, 100 million more people will buy them.
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My goal in boxing is to be the best.
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With the derivatives market larger than ever, we need way more regulation of Wall Street, not less.
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Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
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Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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I don't have a steady relationship. That's something that women in politics deal with. For some reason, men in politics seem to have a larger charisma, and women drop around their feet. I haven't noticed that so much for me.
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Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them.
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I've always wanted to do right in life. But the wanting and the doing aren't quite the same thing.
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I tend to agree with those who say that a justice's duty is to the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce her best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she thinks is clearly in conflict with it.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
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The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me.
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My man Friday.
