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Having billions of dollars immediately available to plug budget holes without raising taxes is very appealing. And to the delight of Wall… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
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I see all these people talking about acting as a great spiritual thing. It's not. There's no great mystery to acting. It's… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
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My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.'… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
If you never ask questions, you'll never get answers. You can just wait for the solution to drop out of the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Some films, you're lucky enough to get some rehearsal, which is just basic going through the scene, and, 'These are my questions,… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
A lot of the work in, say, construction or restaurants involves visual and motor flexibility. It also requires adaptability, in terms of… — David Autor Copy Share Image
“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
I didn't study English literature - I studied philosophy at university - so Kierkegaard, Nietzsche - these people are among the most… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
I was interested in the questions that come up when the Internet gives you access not just to JSTOR libraries and to… — Ken Goldberg Copy Share Image
I once interviewed David Herbert Donald, the Lincoln historian, and we talked about how one deals with the secondary sources and the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
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