Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.
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Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!
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Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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Figure out who you are.
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I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films online? While the inspiration for Box didn't come from that experience directly, it was very obvious that bigger businesses had a lot of slow processes and cumbersome technology.
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign.
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I have made a lot of movies, but I don't see any point in talking about films I don't think are terribly good. I have been in a few. I don't know any actor that hasn't.
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I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.
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What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.
