Nova Ren Suma Quotes
I knew that just because people on the outside were free and clean, it didn’t mean they were the good ones.
Quotes to Explore
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
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I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
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You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
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I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.
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You don't know who wants you for you, who wants you for the money, who wants you for the fame. You have no idea. And how would you know? There's no way.
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She does not know where any tale waits before it's told. (No more do I.) But forty thieves sounds good, so forty thieves it is. She prays she has bought another clutch of days. We save our lives in such unlikely ways.
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There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.
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Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
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In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.
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You can't rush an art form.
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I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.
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Working with Mellencamp, I made new fans, people that may have never heard of me. They may have heard I was related to the Carter Family or Johnny Cash somehow, but what they got was pure Carlene.
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We strive to do stuff that connects with people.
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I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.
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When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play the political game and make everybody feel happy, and I can check their performances, and I can work on the sound while they're being a band.
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Language is the house of the truth of Being.
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I knew that just because people on the outside were free and clean, it didn’t mean they were the good ones.
