Ted Rall Quotes
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I don't buy fur coats or jewelry. I have old cars.
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If had a penny for every strange look I've gotten from strangers on the street I'd have about 10 to 15 dollars, which is a lot when you're dealing with pennies.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don't see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.
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I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
