Amartya Sen Quotes
Globalization is not in itself a folly: It has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like.
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For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation of a stable America is having a government that functions well. Many countries have dysfunctional governments, because they don't have a good government workforce.
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Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy.
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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
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'Most of my business comes from picking up the pieces when people get things wrong.' She grinned. 'I’ll never lack for work.'
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Globalization is not in itself a folly: It has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
