Marilyn vos Savant Quotes
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I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Some of the best ideas that we've invested in have made no sense to conventional sources.
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At Uniqlo, we're thinking ahead. We're thinking about how to create new, innovative products... and sell that to everyone.
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I do endorse brands: brands that I believe in individually, brands that I use, brands that I am proud to sell. But I wouldn't do that for my films because that's something I do separately. What I do with my films is something I am extremely passionate about.
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I have put absolutely everything into my album. I feel like it's been such a long journey to get here. It is like giving birth to my first child, and I want to make sure I did everything right.
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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My education - my Ph.D. in storytelling - comes from having worked on it, being a lover of film and watching them, from working with some great writers and some very good TV directors and then working with some who weren't.
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There's been times where I sold the place out, and I walked in and the guy's like, 'Uh, ID?' 'No, you can't ID me, man. I just sold this place out.' People are just doing their jobs, but I think if you're working the door at a venue where there's a headliner, you should at least be like, 'OK, this is the dude.'
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Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.
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My signature fragrance would be herbal - basil mixed with rosemary and coriander. Some big stars have got perfume lines that smell really bad. They've got it all wrong.
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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
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My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive around festivals and have millions of children - children with dreadlocks and nose rings - and play the flute.
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In the natural state no concept of God can arise, and the false one which one makes for himself is harmful. Hence the theory of natural religion can be true only where there is no science; therefore it cannot bind all men together.
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I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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I do not believe that people who go on strike in this country have a legitimate cause. Throughout the period of the Labour Government and this one, I have never supported any strikes in this country.
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It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.
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Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.
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I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning down a seven-figure check has a ripple effect on the budget, which has a ripple effect on the storytelling. The higher the budget gets, the fewer storytelling risks you're able to take.
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I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.
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