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"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."
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"Though the earth contains greater energy and mass than any single being, linked together, "people make the world go-round"."
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"An uncultured mind often gets attracted by the extreme."
"It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Though God knows why we should feel it, when we look around and see who is wanted too."
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"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities " but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."
"Every nation needs a crystal clear mirror to see its stupidities, to see its hypocrisies, to see its faults and its evils! No nation is saint! Every nation's history is full of primitiveness and barbarity, full of wars and murders! Let every nation sees its face very clearly! Let them face their faces so that in the future they may be something better!"
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"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
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"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."
"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."
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