Andrei Codrescu Quotes
The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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It seems to me that in literature, books have always been answers to other books.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's where I come from - we still, I think, are a little bit macho. Not that we only live in a macho world, but we also think as a macho world; even the women, you know? The women in Mexico, because that's the way we were raised.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset.
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I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started writing songs.
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Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African. Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history.
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I recognize the unknowing, involuntary effect that 'Facts of Life' had and continues to have on several generations of people.
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The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.
