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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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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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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Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on a good face for the state of Indiana. All of a sudden, some of you people think I'm a bad guy?
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My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach.
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America has always fascinated me; it's a country where you can make it from one side to the other with no money, by hook or by crook.
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I think Matt Yglesias is wrong to declare that the world of 'This Town' is dying, unless he thinks publicly financed elections, strict lobbying bans and Scandinavian-style wealth distribution are imminent.
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I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B' the summer after I turned 21.
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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.
