George Leef Quotes
The free market is constantly under attack from those who believe that they know how to make the world a better place with properly administered doses of state coercion.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.
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I believe much of the pain of a breakup comes from having a life plan that you have fallen in love with. When it does not work out, you become angry that you now have to pursue a new life plan.
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If you believe that markets operate in Alan Greenspan fashion, then you don't inquire into the details.
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I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.
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Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't play cassettes much anymore, but I play records all the time.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.
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I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like.
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Our entire approach to the banking and financial services business is risk-adjusted returns. We believe that in most parts of the world, and including pockets in India, banking tends to mis-price risk.
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Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
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We had some very distinguished fans: I know one chancellor of a major university who used to schedule his meetings around Star Trek. We were thrilled to discover that Frank Sinatra was a big fan.
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It's just so cool to be able to go out to dinner and buy my mom's dinner now. You know what I mean? She's just done so much for me. I love that I can give back to her now because she's the most amazing woman ever.
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It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
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And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.
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I'm not one for going out on the town on Friday night, as I've never been a big drinker, so I like getting the rubbish jobs out of the way so we can enjoy our free time.
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And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio.
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Becoming a monster sometimes isn't a choice that you have. We're all that; we're all 'the other' in one way or another.
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The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.
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I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.
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The free market is constantly under attack from those who believe that they know how to make the world a better place with properly administered doses of state coercion.
