Ted Rall Quotes
I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Never say 'no' to pie. No matter what, wherever you are, diet-wise or whatever, you know what? You can always have a small piece of pie, and I like pie. I don't know anybody who doesn't like pie. If somebody doesn't like pie, I don't trust them. I'll bet you Vladimir Putin doesn't like pie.
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No, my profile has leaped over recent years, so has my life experience, and I look forward to the next 30 years being even more rewarding and satisfying than the previous 60!
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For all of life's discontents, according to the pharmaceutical industry, there is a drug and you should take it. Then for the side effects of that drug, then there's another drug, and so on. So we're all taking more drugs, and more expensive drugs.
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Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
