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"I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon."
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
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"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."
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"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."
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"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
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"You cannot be a hero without being a coward."
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"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."
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"I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting."
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"There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne."
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"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."
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"It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty."
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"A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'"
History
"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."
Money
"I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon."
Being
"It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for."
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"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."
Politics
"I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word "fair" in connection with income tax policies."
Connection
"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance."
Self
"Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out."
Truth
"Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive."
Reality
"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."
Life
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