Georgi Plekhanov Quotes
Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
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I used to have all these plans and think 'Ah, I have my whole life figured out', but then I realized no matter how much I plan: life happens! So I find myself living day to day trying to do my best, embracing every moment as a learning opportunity and chance to get to know myself a little more.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance based on what my peers would think. And cliques, oh my God, the worst. The worst!
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.
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I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk, and I was never confident that I could ever make a full-time living being a musician, but I had to try. Initially, I worked as a jazz musician in pubs or with bands.
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You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
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No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.
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If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war.
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Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat.
