Luc de Clapiers Quotes
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.
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It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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I'll start searching for that ideal partner when I turn 40. That will be a turning point in my life.
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I like playing a guy who wears pants as opposed to shorts.
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Mo: Ginger, how can you think about sex at a time like this? Madmen are about to destroy the earth!Ginger: Can you think of a better time? I don't know about you, girl, but I want to have a G-spot orgasm before Armageddon hits.
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It's astounding how challenging plays are... The scary part is that you get to encounter humanity in a way you don't in films. The audience amplifies the experience.
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If you look at academic studies, you can see that stock prices are most closely correlated with cash flow. It's such a straightforward number. Cash flow is what will drive shareholder returns.
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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.
