Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!
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My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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People are always asking me if I'm frightened, hanging out with al Qaeda, but usually those encounters are one-on-one interviews. I'm talking to people whose views I don't agree with, but that happens all the time.
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If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die.
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Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.
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I had a great experience working with Dynamite on Masks, and had just gotten started on a stint on The Shadow with them when they floated the idea of a Captain Action series. I've been a little obsessed with the character since I was first introduced to him in the pages of Amazing Heroes back in the early 1980s.
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They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
