Colin Baker Quotes
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
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I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you said, but I laughed the whole way through.' That's still a little strange to me. Like, nothing, really? But at the same time, that's what happens in a conversation.
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I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.
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I love reading Warren Buffett's letters, and I love contrasting his words with his actions. He's a very wise guy.
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I had one of the best nights of my life at Mardi Gras.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.
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I take every job on its merits.
