"I disapproved of the fact that the government here refused to adopt the few reforms that Gorbachev put over in the field of media and the field of culture."

-- Stefan Heym

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“I'll name check Radiohead on this--they've done a pretty suave marketing plan on this new record. I think generally it's been a pretty cool thing, but what they've done is used those (sales) numbers in a way that they can spin them anyway they want cause you don't know what they are.”
“I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.”
“It's not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don't ask for raises have. Because that's good karma. It'll come back. Because somebody's going to know: 'That's the kind of person that I want to trust. That's the kind of person that I want to really give more responsibility to.'”

Source : "Microsoft CEO's Comments Reflect A Larger Workplace Problem". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. October 10, 2014.
“We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent.”
“Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.”
“Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.”
“I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months.”
“I will see it when I believe it.”

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