Clarence Darrow Quotes
No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
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I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.
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A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.
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Order in the societies they describe is the result of a dense social network where people have an intimate understanding of each other and the threat of violence is a continuous force for preserving order because of its implications for other members of society.
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Kansas City is just a great place. I love the fans.
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I want to be clear: not all patient communities are great, any more than online communities of any sort. But when a good one gets going, boy is it sweet.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
