Tony Judt Quotes

We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of an excessively divided society, divided by wealth, by opportunity, by outcome, by assets and so forth.

Tony Judt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 2, 1948 - August 6, 2010

Topics

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One of my biggest intellectual influences in my life was Alex Karp of Palantir.

Joe Lonsdale

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It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

Jeremy Northam

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As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

Sridevi

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Morals, principles and laws are when faith is reduced to standards and those standards basically just bind us, and we become prejudicial, racist, self-serving when we're guided by these laws... When a developed country uses Christianity in its policies, in government, in maintaining corporate wealth, that's a bastardized rendering of a faith.

Sufjan Stevens

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There's so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want to keep paying the bills and I want to get better. That's about it. I enjoy what I do. I'll stay busy. I've been lucky.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!

Shirley Henderson

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The U.S. Supreme Court has eviscerated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, giving the police license to sweep communities, to conduct 'stop and frisk' operations.

Michelle Alexander

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I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things.

Dennis Farina

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I think if you just hang in there long enough and keep doing what you know is your sweet spot, I think the world eventually catches up to you.

Courtney B. Vance

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It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years.

Brenda Blethyn

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Every once in a while, there's somebody who will recognize me and want a picture, which is cool; it's flattering.

Brandon Jenner

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