Weili Dai Quotes
In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I'm very self-critical.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.
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I'm not into the attention thing so much.
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I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.
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I would sometimes sit in a crowded restaurant, and say, 'You know, I'm the only person in this restaurant who can't draw.'
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San Francisco is the only city in America where marijuana is legal but plastic bags are not.
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It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure. (12)
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
