Bertrand Russell Quotes
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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If I was a bajillionaire, I would spend a lot of time at Barneys just buying all kinds of great things all the time. I would have so many black cashmeres it would be out of control. I like the way nice things feel very much.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
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Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
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We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I like a lot of documentaries, I like political movies and political thrillers. But I also like a good action movie. I like a pretty wide range.
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Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do.
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Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.
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I have fabulous children.
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I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
