Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Quotes
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Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
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It was clear to my parents that I had the gift of voice, and they encouraged me to pursue it.
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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I molded myself against le Front National. Against hate speech, be it racist, sexist, xenophobic, or homophobic. Against the kind of injustice I faced during my own life.
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People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not.
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The Celtic Church as we know it, till gradually brought under Roman discipline, was purely monastic. The monasteries were the centres whence the ministry of souls was exercised.
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A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
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The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
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The majority is always sane.
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I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.
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Like the DSM-V, the RDoC framework conceptualizes mental illnesses solely as brain disorders. This means that future research funding will explore the brain circuits “and other neurobiological measures” that underlie mental problems. Insel sees this as a first step toward the sort of “precision medicine that has transformed cancer diagnosis and treatment.” Mental illness, however, is not at all like cancer: Humans are social animals, and mental problems involve not being able to get along with other people, not fitting in, not belonging, and in general not being able to get on the same wavelength.
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It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.
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What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.
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I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.
