Lucretius Quotes
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.
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The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.
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I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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I haven't done much press for many reasons, but mostly because it's not an interesting dialogue about work that's been done. It's turned into something else. It's become this ridiculous other thing.
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You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you.
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That's the thing about business. Facts and numbers and results actually count. It's not just about words as it is in politics.
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All fundamentalist movements… whether they're Jewish, Christian or Muslim or Buddhist, all begin as an intra-religious debate, an intra-religious struggle. Then, at a later stage, fundamentalists sometimes reach out towards a foreign foe and hence the Muslim feeling that American foreign policy … is holding them back.
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Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are paralyzed by justifiable apprehension, since they are returning to our uncanny site of origin.
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Being a comedian is an incredible thing, but it can be scary sometimes.
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As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.
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I like Chekov a lot.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.
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Dum taxat, rerum magnarum parva potest resexemplare dare et vestigia notitiai.
