Marc Platt Quotes
Some of the metaphors you find in 'Wicked' - how those in power can exploit fear in others to maintain their power - I think, as Jews, we've seen that historically on more than one occasion.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
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The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.
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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
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Each new technology is a reprogramming of sensory life. (p. 33)
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Truth is in your sahasrara. And when the truth comes in, you are surprised that truth is love and love is truth, pure love.
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Some of the metaphors you find in 'Wicked' - how those in power can exploit fear in others to maintain their power - I think, as Jews, we've seen that historically on more than one occasion.
