Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
Uninfluenced by others, he never knew he influenced them; he had no idea they liked him.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.
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'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
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I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
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There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.
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Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
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The one thing that's broken inside of me is that I've lost the signal most people have to feel hungry or feel full.
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I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!
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I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.
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My father is my inspiration.
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I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
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I can’t do it, Joachim. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. A long leash is still a leash. And Coransee will still be at the other end of it, holding on.
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Georg Cantor claimed the essence of mathematics lies in its freedom. But mathematicians do not pick problems from thin air for the pleasure of solving them. To the contrary, a mark of greatness resides in the ability to identify the most interesting problems in the framework of what is already known.
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Suffering is optional. You’re gonna have some pain but it doesn’t have to make you suffer.
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I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
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It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center. I felt like I was dancing around the outskirts of what is my true center. With this album, I really wanted to stay on the mark, right in the middle, right where rock 'n' roll is. I wanted this one to be easier, a lot more fun than some of the past records have been.
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Despite broad public support, raising the minimum wage is always difficult owing to the disproportionate influence that wealthy firms and donors have in Congress.
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Uninfluenced by others, he never knew he influenced them; he had no idea they liked him.
