Rand Paul Quotes
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.
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The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
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I love hospitality, and I love cooking. The kitchen is where I feel most at ease and where I feel most like myself.
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I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
