Adam G. Sevani Quotes
Vegas is kind of crazy because there's so much going on. Everyone goes there to be entertained.
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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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Money has no moral opinions.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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I don't go to any sexy places to eat where they give you half a lamb chop and one bean. I like going, 'Uhhh, I'm done' when I eat.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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If we go the right way we reach the sunny uplands. If we go the wrong way, it could be catastrophic for the European Union.
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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
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My work life is pretty much the opposite of what you would expect.
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I think it's important to say typing in the computer is like the last, last phase of my writing process. That's kind of the fun part. Well, it's all somewhat fun, I suppose. But usually what happens is I think about a movie for at least a year - maybe a couple more - and I don't put anything down.
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Vegas is kind of crazy because there's so much going on. Everyone goes there to be entertained.
