Barry Eisler Quotes

It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, there's something even better: evidence, logic, and argument.

Barry Eisler

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PeopleThoughtsThinkingBetterWay

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

Michael B. Jordan

YouDreamActorAlwaysMaterial

These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.

Michael Bloomberg

New YorkPeopleChallengesLegalRun

An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome.

John Ruskin

NatureLiveStudyHimLittleHills

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have.

Amber Tamblyn

GodBelieveBe DifferentYouGoAct

In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish.

Steve Erickson

MemoryFaceLossYouHeSuspended

The music that was popular in your youth seems to be the music you recall most vividly - and most nostalgically - for the rest of your life. But so is the music that was popular in your parents' youth.

Robin Marantz Henig

LifeMusicParentsYouthRestYou

I think my biggest strength is that I always keep doing exactly the same thing. There are forwards who go crazy with euphoria, but after a goal, I let myself fall back to the midfield, recharge. Keeping yourself cool and concentrated on your mission.

Robin Van Persie

StrengthMyselfYourselfCoolCrazy

I'm the all-around threat. I've got the look; I think I've got the whole package.

Rose Namajunas

ThinkLookGotWholeThreatPackage

We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the right of other free minds to utilize them in making their own decisions.

Ronald Fisher

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The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

Douglas Coupland

FutureTwoEternityThingsDifferent

The collapse of the Soviet Union could not have been a source of national pride for many in Russia. The one person who has capitalized on this the most has been Vladimir Putin.

Brandon Webb

PridePersonRussiaSourceSoviet

I like meeting all my fans and signing autographs, although it can all get a bit crazy. Yesterday, for example, a boy just came over and planted a big kiss on my face! I was like, 'Hello?'

Britney Spears

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