Alexander Hamilton Quotes
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn't interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.
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The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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My eyelashes are divas, so they will like a mascara brand one week or for a month, and then they'll just stop working for it. I go back and forth between Maybelline and Cover Girl, and then I carry around a primer, too.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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I like to write a lot of satire.
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My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.
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If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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What I would not do is flaunt my Indianess by wearing a saree to work everyday, because it distracts from the job. So, I would not do that. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Social events are different. If I feel comfortable in a saree for a social event, I wear it.
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I really like the Doors. I like Kevin Spacey, Bruce Springsteen, Will Farrell, Reggie Watts, Tina Turner, who is also very hot, Tracy Chapman. Beethoven.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.
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Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
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Magic is all about directing attention. If I didn't want you to look at my right hand then I don't look at it.
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On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.
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A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.
