General quotes
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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.
Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.
It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish.
One thing about television, it brings out personality. People are able to watch me in action. They hear my voice and see my eyes. There's nothing I can hide. That's me. Television brings out your flaws, your weaknesses, your strengths, and you truths. The audience either likes you or it doesn't.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
I'm fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we're not quite seeing.
My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn't bother me in the least. I will die without having come up with the answers to many things in life.
If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
My family is my strength and my weakness.
Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.
It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
I feel a burden if I don't write.
We should be biased toward action. We are trying to be a nimble and cohesive culture where people can be heard and there is openness and innovation.
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