Talcott Parsons Quotes
Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.
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With a first season, you never really know how viewers or the network are going to react to a show.
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I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, but I don't know. I don't want to use. I don't want to go back to that place because nothing good came of it. It was super dark; it's not nice.
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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
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I really like Halal food.
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I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.
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I ask my destiny - what power is this That cruelly drives me onward without rest? My destiny says, "Look round!" I turn back and see It is I myself that is ever pushing me from behind.
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I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.
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Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.
