Edward Bernays Quotes
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
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I think that if writers are tempted to do other things, they ought to go do other things. They should not write if they don't feel like it. I say this as a competitor. I am not interested in encouraging people who are in competition with me.
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Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.
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Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.
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A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
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Should government refrain from regulation taxation, the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.
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I take care of myself. I work out every day. I eat healthy. But I like to have fun too.
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Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy.
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Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.
