Karl Kraus Quotes
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I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrassed going down the road on my road bike; I didn't want my friends to see me because it was embarrassing.
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You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.
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I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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I love my camera crews on all my jobs. It's the half of the job that the audience never gets to see. They're integral. They're as much a part of making a movie or television show as I am.
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I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics suddenly took on an entirely different meaning. Words like, 'as if we never said goodbye' became more real.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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When you're writing about superpowers, you're writing about power. When you're writing about immortals, you're writing about mortality.
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Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
