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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I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
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Painters who do self-portraits are engaging in a form of narcissism. But it doesn't work like that in movies. A truly narcissistic person wouldn't go into filmmaking because it's just too tiring.
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The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.
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After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.
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Back in the '70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was 'The Bad News Bears', and that was a kids' movie, but I don't think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.
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They certainly are not great writers, but they speak their country's language and they make themselves heard.
