Andrew Solomon Quotes
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I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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Most people don't know how to tell stories.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
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I got in trouble for saying I would move my family to Europe, but I said it.
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The insomnia just perpetuates. I have one bad night, then I get it in my head that I can't sleep. I've been trying these meditation tapes - there are a couple on Spotify - and they're meant to calm you. But they don't seem to work.
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I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music.
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I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.
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I think if you don't trust in yourself, it helps to trust in something else.
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Depression means that you have no point of view.
