Lin Yutang Quotes
The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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You worked your paper route, mowed the lawn, then played golf all day.
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Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.
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American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.
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I know some people whose father has basically spent their whole inheritance on scammers. He's old; he wants to feel important, like he's doing business, so he goes to his bank and pays out - it's terrifying.
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Young people should be given good support and freedom in their research. They are the greatest source of scientific creativity because they are not as committed to existing scientific orthodoxy, and they have the energy and enthusiasm to push new ideas.
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The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.
