Jacob Lew Quotes
I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging into another.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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Legislators should demand that we not go through the entire pension reform debate just to apply a band-aid when this patient needs a quadruple bypass.
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I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way.
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If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.
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The highest state is laughter.
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But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
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I'm too much of a big kid.
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I was swept by the narrative structure of film... you can create a world, you can destroy it, you can do what you want with it and serve it to people just the way you like.
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When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.
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Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.
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The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, it sends students the message that the world is a zero-sum game: Your success means my failure.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state.
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There's nothing like success.
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'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.
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It's sort of my job to feel good.
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I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether it's big or small. Or that it finds me. I don't have like a career plan. Maybe I should, but I don't.
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One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.
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It's crazy to me how concerned people get with what it looks like and what you can do there. People may as well be talking about JRR Tolkien or Star Trek or something.
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I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''
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Playwrights are naturally wary and protective - God, who's more protective than a playwright? You read a play, the playwright wants to hear from you immediately.
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I've never seen a constructive Social Security debate that started with one side digging in, in one place and another side digging into another.