Capitalism, after all, is no fun when real failure becomes a possibility.
James Surowiecki
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I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.
Jo Brand
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Very few parents keep up with who the top professors are or whose classes their kids are taking, partially because most undergraduates interact more commonly with graduate students.
Andrew Yang
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There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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I never initiated nor did the FBI ever initiate any conversation or correspondence with me.
John Sherman Cooper
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If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.
Amy Winehouse
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New York offers a bubble out of the literary life that is very useful. We have more time for the children, for the cooking.
Alvaro Enrigue
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When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.
Judd Nelson
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I decided to do the maximum to hold onto the lead for as long as possible. That is why I pushed so hard from the beginning. I was at 100 percent concentration.
Jean Alesi
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If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.
Dick Schaap
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We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn't vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960.
David Suzuki
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I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it.
Ashley Tisdale
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There's a motherhood penalty because we've been long taught things that are stigmatized about motherhood. As workers, we don't want to talk about our kids at work. We're afraid to, or that when we leave at 5:30 to relieve the sitter we're somehow going to be diminished.
Alissa Quart
WorkMotherhoodLongWantTalk
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