Idries Shah Quotes
The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.Idries Shah
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
Malcolm Mclaren -
I was an expert horseman.
Harry Carey, Jr. -
Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
Lady Starlight -
I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
Karin Slaughter -
Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
Ian McShane -
Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
Karen Salmansohn
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
Aaron Huey -
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson -
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
Irwin Thomas -
There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
Zig Ziglar -
Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
Wendell Phillips -
The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
Ted Nugent
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
Xun Kuang -
I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
Lake Bell -
Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
Omari Hardwick -
I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
Gary Cole -
Women are sacred.
Vin Diesel -
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
Manuel Puig -
Just getting something in the books that makes sure people with mental illness and terrorists can't get guns would be a good idea.
Jeff Bridges -
We all know the feeling of surrendering to the embedded biases of our devices. We let our cell phones ping us every time there's an incoming message and check our e-mail even when we'd best pay attention to what's going on around us in the real world. We text while driving.
Douglas Rushkoff -
The blunt tools of legislation or union power can force a corporation to pay higher wages, but if employees don't create an equal amount of additional value, there's no net gain.
Charles Platt -
Ok, here goes: I'm going to see how many people I can offend by suggesting that maybe many little gay boys, like many little girls, are made up of sugar and spice and everything nice.
Alice Dreger -
The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
Idries Shah