Michael Finkel Quotes

I firmly believe that if we all just took a little time - like 10 or 15 minutes a day - to do nothing but sit calmly with our thoughts, this world would be a much better place.

Michael Finkel

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Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.

Stan Jones

TaxDemocratsBorrowRepublicans

It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington.

Rod Lurie

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There would really be no reason to get up in the morning if Founders Fund was not willing to invest in companies that were doing important things, great businesses that very few people believe in.

Luke Nosek

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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

Lucinda Williams

FocusLossTragedyMeanWhoseSongs

I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.

Dick Dale

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I'm lucky that it's about fashion and perfume and cosmetics. If my father had owned a tire company, I don't know what I would have done.

Delphine Arnault

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We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.

David Zucker

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I was an only child, so I was very demanding. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I wasn't very pleasant.

Christopher Plummer

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You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.

Courtney Thorne-Smith

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There is not one particular moment that can account for the shift from the social issue concerns of 19th-century evangelicals into the state of American evangelicalism today. Some historical moments are telling. The rise of biblical criticism in the 19th century forced evangelicals to make choices about what they believed about the gospel.

Anthea Butler

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You have to be who you are when you do music.

Anthony Hamilton

MusicYouWho

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.

Pitbull

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