Lee Kuan Yew Quotes
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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We have a structural problem because you can simultaneously understand the medium to long-term risks of climate change and also come to the conclusion that it is in your short-term economic interest to invest in oil and gas. Which is why, you know, anybody who tells you that the market is going to fix this on its own is lying to you.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.
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For me, I thought I had the best job in the world.
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I feel 'proud' whenever I feel that I've worked on something for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of attention. I'm not sure if I think in terms of 'pride' though.
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I'm an actor.
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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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I have been playing acoustic music for a very long time, and it's something that I am very comfortable doing, so if I made a record, it would probably be a mixture of that and some other things that I'm interested in.
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Even in large corporations, smaller ideas may not get enough resources.
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At the English Revolution, when William of Orange came to the throne, the introduction of French wines into the country was prohibited, and this gave a great impetus to the manufacture of cyder and care in the production of cyder of the best description.
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When I do my job, I dive into these characters and try to flush something out of myself into these characters, and hopefully that translates well.
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One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
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Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.
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What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, or they've worked with me, or they know me, or we've met. So there's a lot of backstuff on the 'Vicki!' show.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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I went to my friend's house one day, and he had an electric guitar he had just bought with a tiny little amp. I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I'm in love.
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Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now.
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What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.
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The miserable are sacred.
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What it looks like is even reasonably low doses like a baby aspirin a day has some benefit, what's unclear is if higher doses have more of an effect. I think that question is still open.
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Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.
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Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today.
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I make no apologies that the PAP is the Government and the Government is the PAP.
