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"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s."
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"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."
"Never believe all that you hear. Always verify the original source of information."
"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine."
"But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it was to thought that we delivered ourselves over."
"Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect."
"My quest and passionate curiosity are the basis for my love for scientific adventure."
"Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it."
"Irony is the hygiene of the mind."
"Nobody knows it all. You must keep learning."
"Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals."
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"During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot."
"Good work is good work wherever it's done, in a play, a motion picture or television, and that includes commercials."
"In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing."
"I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about."
"Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another."
"Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17."
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