Amity Shlaes Quotes
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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'Boy,' 'October,' 'War,' 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree,' those records, they're part of my musical DNA and structure.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.
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I'm not into the gym. I prefer dancing or tennis.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by Pali, but even Pali died, too. Linguists say the only ancient language which was resuscitated from the grave was Hebrew of Israel.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.
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It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can't do it all.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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FDR's job results were, to put it politely, disturbing.
