Andrew Solomon Quotes
It's deeply humbling to realize that there is no such thing as a society with a purchase on truth.
Andrew Solomon
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The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.
Randy Bachman
The Guess Who
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
Rachel McAdams
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
Carlos Slim
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
Karl Rove
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I'm easily entertained.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
Ed Miliband
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
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Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
Vance Joy
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
Dan Shechtman
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'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
Abraham Lincoln
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My strong sense now is that, as women have become more equal in society, so their depictions onscreen have become lamer and lamer and lamer, to the point that it's an embarrassment.
Allison Pearson
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There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.
Chelsea Manning
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Spiritual truth should never be sold - those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.
Peace Pilgrim
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Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.
Napoleon Hill
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No, I don't regret my decision at all, especially after I started this music career. My eyes were as big as saucers.
Johnny Mathis
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It's deeply humbling to realize that there is no such thing as a society with a purchase on truth.
Andrew Solomon
