Confucius Quotes
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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People are always invoking evolutionary psychology for everything. "Why do men hang around asking women out? Oh, to improve their reproductive success," every damn thing - religion, art - it can all be explained by evolutionary psychology. But in our hearts we know that evolutionary psychology is only sort of accurate, because it really doesn't capture what's most interesting about our lives.
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A lot of people say, 'Wow, you're a single father of twin boys, that's crazy!' Two toddlers can get hectic, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Every day they teach me different things. The love is there. When you have a two-year-old saying every other hour, 'Papi, te amo. Papi, I love you,' it can't get better.
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Among the types of thoughts that affect action, none is more central or pervasive than people's judgments of their capabilities to deal effectively with different realities.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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Often, when people don't do so well in a monologue at UCB, it's because they're racking their brain so hard to be funny that they're just not honest and don't just tell a true story, which is what we want.
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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
