Curtis Sliwa Quotes
No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.Curtis Sliwa
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I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.
Taylor Kinney -
I am who I am.
J. B. Pritzker -
You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
Carly Fiorina -
Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
Daley Thompson -
I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.
Caitlin Moran -
I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
Adam McKay
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
Larry Niven -
Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.
Mandy Patinkin -
I wrote 'Wish U Were Here' for Cody Simpson, and he invited me to perform with him on tour and be in his music video. He was shy at first. I think it's the surfer boy in him that makes him so mellow.
Becky G -
Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)
Sallust -
The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love.In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me.
Leonard Cohen -
Why does everybody agree that atmospheric oxygen... comes from life, but no one speaks about the other gases coming from life?
Lynn Margulis
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I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation.
Bertrand Russell -
What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?
Ludwig Wittgenstein -
In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depoliticized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.
Cornel West -
Arnold has succeeded at every level, and I believe he is the only person that can unite the people of this state and lead California from its current dysfunctional condition to the bright future that all residents long for.
Mary Bono -
Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.
Pilou Asbaek -
I'm handsome, no ands, buts or ifs.
Colin Mochrie
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I do not say anything from jealousy.
Anna Held -
Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.
Bill Griffith -
Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.
Cass Sunstein -
I'm just not interested in getting judged or getting people to love me. Being seen and taking my photo and having to follow this schedule all the time, I don't enjoy it.
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson -
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party -
No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.
Curtis Sliwa