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We are always looking for a grand program of action full of great ideas, when the thing is to begin by obeying the little ideas.
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I suppose I would like to be remembered as one of the funniest men that people have seen on television.
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War is, after all, the universal perversion ... war stories, the ***** of war.
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When I was on my own in a hotel room in Romania, I had the imagination to keep myself occupied.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need.
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I'm intimidated anytime I work with someone who's directly outside my very insulated group of friends.
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A writer is very much like the captain on a star ship facing the unknown. When you face the blank page and you have no idea where you're going. It can be terrifying, but it can also be the adventure of a lifetime.
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The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
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The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
