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"To me the gold price takes the form of a very uncomplicated formula, and all you have to do is divide one by 'n.' And 'n', I'm glad you ask, 'n' is the world's trust in the institution of paper money and in the capacity of people like Ben Bernanke to manage it. So the smaller 'n', the bigger the price. One divided by a receding number is the definition of a bull market."
"Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own unorthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened."
"Although I believe in reincarnation, as many people do that live in the East, I do not remember my past lives clearly; I only wish I did."
"When I wrote 'Before The Dawn,' I made it quite clear that there are lots of people involved in my life who I can't talk about simply because I'd put them at risk."
"The people has no definite disbelief in the temples of theology. The people has a very fiery and practical disbelief in the temples of physical science."
"I hate when somebody says, "This may not work." You'll never get anywhere with that. I've pushed a lot of people out of my way - I don't mean physically - over them being afraid something isn't going to work."
"Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment."
"The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them."
"The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it."
"From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you. To what indifference people may come, to what profound conviction of having lost the right track forever."
"If people were possessed by reason, running marathons would never work. But we are not creatures of reason. We are creatures of passion."
"Married people should be best friends; no relationship on earth needs friendship as much as marriage"
"Music is the emotional life of the most people."
"No society of nations, no people within a nation, no family can benefit through mutual aid unless good will exceeds ill will; unless the spirit of cooperation surpasses antagonism; unless we all see and act as though the other man's welfare determines our own welfare."
"They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me."
"I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world."
"My understanding of Twitter was that it was a bunch of famous people telling you when they're going to the bathroom. And, that was not something I wanted to be part of."
"The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs."
"We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places, in fact, are better off being warmer than being colder. And historically, the really bad times for the environment and for people have been the cold periods rather than the warm periods."
"I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country, and that is not socialism."
