Lee R. Raymond Quotes
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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Law enforcement has seen an unprecedented use of social media by ISIL. They're just kind of flooding the airwaves.
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There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
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There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.
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Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.
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To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire.
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Anything that's feathery-looking, I love.
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I started out doing production work on promos, stuff like that. I didn't think it was cool to be working for NPR. I didn't need anything to be cool. I just wanted something to do that would be interesting. It was fun. I didn't think of it as anything else but fun.
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Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.
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He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
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I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer.
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You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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I think reading a room - reading the personalities, reading body language - is kind of a lost art.
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It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
