Leonard Peikoff Quotes
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Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
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There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
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We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.
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The foreign policy of the Democrats is bad for Europe and deadly for Hungary. In contrast, the foreign policy of the Republicans and proclaimed by presidential candidate Trump is good for Europe and means life for Hungary.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh.
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There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.
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A lot of my friends are getting married, but I don't think that is what I need. I am under no such pressure that if everybody is having a boyfriend, I too should have one.
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The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.
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Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German.
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Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.
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Doctors try to get rid of their patients - clergymen try to get them hooked on the medicine so that they will become addicts to the church. 1
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Players never die - they just try their luck at another table.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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As a filmmaker you make your films with the audience you want to attract in mind.
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Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.
