Alfred North Whitehead Quotes
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
Quotes to Explore
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it.
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After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.
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When you have young children, it is hard to see live performances. Unless I am in it. I do manage to see my husband Rupert Goold's work, of course.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.
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The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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Any government has to be friendly with investors and the business community. They provide jobs, new investments; they keep the country running.
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There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick.
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All workers want is a fair shake.
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I know how demanding show biz is. I fear that things would just end up bad if I'd date a colleague.
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Millennials can be very hardworking, but it's easier to tell the story of the ones who are entitled.
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The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution... I intend to succeed where they failed.
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It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
