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Most Quotes
The extremes people notice most.
This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except for a few special cases, most films are made this way.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds.
- Animals
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- Nov 07, 2020
What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is obvious, in retrospect, to lean on those who love us most. With depression, in part because of the shame attached to it, it's harder to be honest.
- Cavalry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans probably aren't aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans agree that technology is going to eliminate many more jobs than it is going to create.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very few parents keep up with who the top professors are or whose classes their kids are taking, partially because most undergraduates interact more commonly with graduate students.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of companies don't go public and mint dozens of millionaires. And most companies don't go around doling out stock options; private companies tend to be very tight about ownership.
- Nov 07, 2020