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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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 felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result.
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So much has changed since the '70s and '80s when it comes to acting and being in the public eye. We'd go out to a restaurant, and there would be five or six people. Now there's a lot more, plus social media, and this desire to bring other people down.
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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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Whenever you see a sweeping statement that a tremendous amount can come from a very small number of assumptions, you always find that it is false. There are usually a large number of implied assumptions that are far from obvious if you think about them sufficiently carefully.
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I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs.
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Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.
