Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Try never to speak of your enemies by name. Any publicity is still publicity - and there are those for whom your disapproval constitutes a recommendation.
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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More or less, we're all afflicted with the psychology of the voyeur. Not in a strictly clinical or criminal sense, but in our whole physical and emotional stance before the world. Whenever we seek to break this spell of passivity, our actions are cruel and awkward and generally obscene, like an invalid who has forgotten to walk.
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Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.
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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
