V. S. Pritchett Quotes
It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?
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My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
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If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I eat leftover caviar by hand, with baked potato, like peasants.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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I don't write songs, play music and tour, really, for anyone else but myself. It's something that I have to do to stay alive.
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Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.
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I was very proud to support Obama's presidential campaign, from the primaries all the way to his historic victory.
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Designing bridal is perfect for me, because black is my least favorite color, if you could call it a color.
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'Policy' is the negation of politics; policy is by definition something concocted by some form of elite, which presumes it knows better than others how their affairs are to be conducted. By participating in policy debates the very best one can achieve is to limit the damage, since the very premise is inimical to the idea of people managing their own affairs.
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It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?
