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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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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They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.
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The preceding merely defines a way of thinking. But the point is to live.
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A year after winning the Oscar, almost to the day, I was directing a dog food commercial.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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I've never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that's not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone's image is as an artist is what they've chosen to portray.
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I expect people that come to the studio to work to come with the same energy I come with. If I see less than that, I get very strong about, if you want to do this, come with a sense of pride, come with eagerness and anxiety.
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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.
