George Washington Quotes
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
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I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.
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Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear.
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Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.
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I always knew I would adopt. Always.
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I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.
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The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
