Gerald Jay Sussman Quotes
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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Living with very limited expectations is a much more immediate way of living. You really do just make the best of everything you have. I guess kids have that ability; they wait in joyful anticipation of something rather than that sense of entitlement.
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.
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If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale.
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In Beverly Hills, around 3 P.M. on Bedford Drive, a strange rite occurs. All the men and women who have had facial surgery leave the their surgeons and walk up and down the street bandaged like mummies in Prada, waiting for their loved ones to pick them up.
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!
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The media sells it and you live the role.
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Age is just a number, maturity is a choice.
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Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
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Nothing brings fear to my heart more than a floating point number.
