"Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later."
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"I'm a big fan of Bitcoin ... Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized."
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"Those who preach god, need god Those who preach peace do not have peace Those who preach love do not have love"
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"I bet Richard Fuld doesn't have an ounce of contrition. It's just megalomania. When it's like that, you need rules to prevent catastrophe. When banks are borrowing the government's credit rating, you need rules to prevent stupid things."
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"Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes."
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"I'm getting so slow at my work it makes me despair, but... I'm increasingly obsessed by the need to render what I experience, and I'm praying that I'll have a few more good years left to me."
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"I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I am working on the same motifs over and over again, four or six times even."
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"How in this world can we put a man on the moon, and still have a need for a place like St. Judes?"
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"I can play, and I know it; I'm not looking for any pats on the back. I don't have to be endorsed by anybody. I make enough to live and eat, and I'm happy with my music-and that's all I need."
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"I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know."
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"You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open, and trusting."
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"Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies."
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"If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it's possible, in everything."
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"That is what a very Christian message is: to care about each other and to help those who need it the most."
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"I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to."
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"It's no good trying to teach people who need to be taught."
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"I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval."
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"We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little."
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"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere."
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"If you ever have need of my life, come and take it."
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