Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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People work hard.
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One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I hate having my picture taken.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.
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Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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The first and most important quality of all scientific ways of thinking must be the clear distinction between the outer object of observation and the subjective nature of the observer.
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Eric Bryant and Ethan Berlin, the creators of 'Bunk,' asked me to come get involved in very early process when they wanted to make a game show.
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You have to be in the right place at the right time and understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.
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The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!
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The strongest of all warriors are these two - Time and Patience.
