Charles Buxton Quotes
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.
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I think, as a working mom, I have to dress myself differently now. I used to wear very kind of precious clothes. Now I wear more black.
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I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.
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Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
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'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
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I am still quick at 250 to 260 lbs and I am smarter.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
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What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.
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I did grow up reading the 'Twilight' books. I feel guilty, but I was always Team Edward.
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I love shopping! It's my release sometimes.
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Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.
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Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
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Come, on, EMPTY-V!! As far as I'm concerned, Beavis and Butt-head and Dora (sic) are the only two good things you ever DID! wild applause from audience But can't you think of a better way to raise audience awareness of domestic violence, than to make it look COOL?
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.
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The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proved to have their counterparts in the world of fact.
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How strangely easy difficult things are!
