Vaclav Havel Quotes
The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.
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The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.
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I find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.
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No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.
