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At their most eloquent, proponents of neoliberalism sound as if they are doing poor people, the environment, and everybody else a tremendous service as they ...

There is more things in heaven and earth...than are dreamt of by your philosophy.

My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one.

My reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon. So long as they occupy ...

They don't have to be big goals. A small one each day. They're like handholds and toeholds as you climb the bigger mountain. Ultimately, you ...

It is apparent that nations cannot exist for us. They are the playthings of children, such toys as children break from boredom and weariness. The ...

With her enchanting songs, her rare beauty, and clever tricks, this wild 'wanderess' ensnared my soul like a gypsy-thief, and led me foolish and blind ...

I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells ...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language ... We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as ...

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.

Most couples get married because it's time, not because they're in love. They might have money issues, parental pressure, or they're simply tired of being ...

Does it matter that people and thingsHave words,Have names?If not,Why read any book?A litany of useless lettersDetached from bone, muscle.Or are words the only things ...

I've worked with Woody Allen twice and he was like, "Whatever you want to change, it's up to you. If you want to change the ...

It is a commonplace executive observation that businesses exist to make money, and the observation is usually allowed to go unchallenged. It is, however, a ...

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

[W]hoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and banished all ignorance, ...

From my locker I collected my sneakers, jock strap, and gym pants and then turned away, leaving the door ajar for the first time, forlornly ...

Mama said it's probably because of Suzanne, and that you are never the same after a child dies. That made me wonder what she was ...

Making a mistake isn't bad; what's bad is refusing to learn from it so you don't repeat it.

I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and diverse artists but ...

The music, and the banquet, and the wine The garlands, the rose odors, and the flowers, The sparkling eyes, and flashing ornaments The white arms ...

Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.

My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice ...

The birth of a child is a joy to the parent and the world.

I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I ...

I don't want to be in some relationship that's just about trading apologies when things get hard. Doing that won't make it all OK, you ...

Wisdom says we should try to make a relationship work not because we have strong feelings but because it's a good match.

But more importantly, you are a gift, to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You ...

Fuck the ones who hurt you Stop thinking about them, Get on with your own lifeThey'll eventually come back with apologies And you'll gladly accept ...

He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was ...

I've been acting for many years, and the more you do, the more confidence you get about "this is my career and this is what ...

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it ...

Your good friends can write a book on you; but Your best friends can create an embarrassing full fledged 3 hours movie on you, with ...

He looked tired. And not the kind of tired you feel after a long day, but the kind of tired that lingers no matter how ...

Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support ...

Marriage was always the happening end, not the beginning.

Keep dreaming.You can go as far as you dream.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have ...

The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is when someone says, ...

All of my friends went to college and I got a job at Circle Pizza, where I worked for 24 hours. I had to call ...

To be happy with myself and always make others happy. To be confident and give others confidence in themselves. To smile, to surf, to laugh ...

Your smile.is the ultimategolden dream.all the poemsin the worldare waking up from.

If a pen can communicate our thoughts, dreams, and emotions and be the voice of our soul, then ink is the medium that carries the ...

If you want to win, you must win over your mind.

One of the most ironic things about capitalism is that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself with. Actually they will give ...

Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable.

I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, ...

Ye [Anabaptists] be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are ...

Mostly, I'm drawn to great characters and great worlds that use weird things for their language - whether it's dance, whether it's pop music with ...

You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver ...

The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in ...

I think being ambitious, successful, powerful, making a lot of money - I don't care what color you are as a woman; it's difficult to ...

Give me the setting sun, and I'll be a richer man than most / For never have I seen gold like that which glows above ...

Here, also, the future was cried aloud by the wind through the rocks, so that all those who heard would shiver, and then the liquid ...

There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.

My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist. I've never made a video where I didn't ...

It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the ...

It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.

I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. It's crazy. A lot of times, people get in ...

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have ...

Our lover is the sun, and we the stars forever floating in their glow. We push and push, yearning for our sun's rays to reach ...

Indeed, life is full of tests. You don't know what they are, so you must treat everything in life with the same care you would ...

Oh my God! Why did I leave India? I fell in love with a white man. That's what it was. It was the most boring, ...

They might have been all-right people doing the best they could, but I got to tell you, you got a dead cat lying in your ...

A poet might die at twenty-one, a revolutionary or a rock star at twenty four. But after that you assume everything's going to be all ...

With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in the competition of ideas in the free market seems like a ...

Motherhood is when eating chicken soup; the kids get the chicken and you get the soup and you would still feel happily stuffed.

I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute.

Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do.

So then, how can I trust you now?" Nathan asked. His tone was light, but his face was guarded. Now would be an ideal time ...

I may be alone, but I am never lonely. I am always with my best friend, and that is me.

Every penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children.

A drunk truck driver ran over me. I was in a Volkswagen. It was horrible. It sounds like a cliche, but anything that doesn't kill ...

Thomas knew what he thought. Those images would never leave - the Gladers would be haunted by the horrible things that had happened in the ...

Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have ...

My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.

I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I ...

It was a bright, sunny morning in June when Bill first visited Jacob Kingsley. He flew in through the open window, buzzed about the room ...

Not for the first time Spooner was reminded that marriage was not the straighforward assembly the instruction book led you to believe.

I love memoirs. They are probably my favorite literary form, along with biographies. The more confessional, the better. There is so, so, so little truth ...

That's not true. You've given me something very precious indeed. Your trust, Eve. And I know whatthat cost you ... A woman's trust is the ...

I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does ...

I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's just one of ...

The thing is, what I'm tryin' to say is - they do get on a lot better without me, I can't help them any. They ...

The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing, without the possibility of having ...

Still, all it really took was one alteration in my life, a change which appeared insignificant and unlikely at the time, nonetheless it has affected ...

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my ...

This is the place where I learned to live this life, to curse this life, and to claim this life for my very own.

In the modern world, it may be that a living father can only be half a father to a boy - the dead father is ...

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten ...

My mom was very affectionate but also very loud. My whole house was very loud. My father screamed, my mother screamed - everybody screamed.

Unfortunately, the simplest things - such as thinking for myself, creating my own reality and being whatever the hell I want to be each day ...

I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers. It makes me wonder why I brought up the ...

You may be right. There may be no one greater than you or me. But that 'blind faith' kept me alive, and if you ask ...

It turns out that the 'Cry It Out' method of baby sleep training, where you ignore that your kid is screaming, crying and turning 40 ...

God's grace gives strength overcome any situation.

On the three pigs he and his wife own: We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has ...

I'd rather argue with you, angel, than laugh with anyone else."Jesus. It took me a minute to be able to swallow the last bite in ...

Every dream that anyone ever has is theirs alone and they never manage to share it. And they never manage to remember it either. Not ...

I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ...