I think people really want to be happy.
John Astin
Recitation: by Male by Female
My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith.
Jim Moran
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On one level, of course, the notion of judging films or books or music against each other is completely ridiculous. Who's to say '12 Years A Slave' is a better film than 'The Wolf of Wall Street'? Or that one album in a certain genre is better than another in a completely different genre?
John Niven
MusicWolfBetterWallSayStreet
You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen.
Michael Bloomberg
DecisionsYouKnowInvestmentHappen
Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, you name it - I'm interested. I'm free. I'm looking for acting work. At the same time, you have to find a role you're right for, and then there's a slew of other actresses. That's why I will pursue more directing. It's like, who needs a boss? I'm right here.
Shiri Appleby
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In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm wrong. That conflicts with what I was saying earlier about listening. It isn't to do with receiving criticism and responding to other views, it's who has that last decision.
Trevor Nunn
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I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.
Roald Dahl
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After the series 'Roc' ended, every role offer I got was for the wise-cracking, ne'er-do-well brother or boyfriend, and I could have made a very good career doing those characters.
Rocky Carroll
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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Moliere
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The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged - debating - helped shape my interests in public policy.
Joseph Stiglitz
PolicyShapePublic PolicyActivity
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Don Marquis
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I can't write what I don't believe in.
Dorothy Allison
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The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.
Donald Norman
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