Vaclav Havel Quotes
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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I have no pretension that I belong in D.C. I mean, I have to be cautious on how we do our restaurant.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.
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When the iPhone came out, every CIO in America said, 'You're not bringing that into our corporate environment,' my CIO included.
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Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing, but you can't buy it. You can only deliver it. And you have to really deliver.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's unread. It's overwhelming to me. But, I mean, I do read. But there probably haven't been many people less literate than me that have been in 'The Paris Review.'
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Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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It's because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city.
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I was a typical Valley teen, in smoggy Van Nuys.
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Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
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I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'
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Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.
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With the departure of Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D), who is running for the governorship of Hawaii, and with the tragic and very sad passing of my personal friend Jack Murtha (D-Pa.), mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they’ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.
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It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another. Sometimes I use Botox. Compared to most, I use it very sparingly. One time I did too much, though. I feel weird if I can't move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin. I don't have a problem with any of that stuff; if it makes you feel better about yourself and it's done properly, then fine.
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Whether all is really lost or not depends entirely on whether or not I am lost.
