Vaclav Havel Quotes
Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her dry. She's on her third shift right now.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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A great artist is a great man in a great child.
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Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.
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We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would indeed be impossible. Any successful American who is not a patriot is a rank ingrate.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
