Christopher Isherwood Quotes
I often feel that worse than the most fiendish Nazis were those Germans who went along with the persecution of the Jews not because they really disliked them but because it was the thing.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.
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The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Most of the oils which are valued as scents are mixtures of substances; only the combined effect of these leads to the known result.
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I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
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I don't read books.
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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
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I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.
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Every single movie I go up for I'm just checking the phone to see if the e-mail's come in, to see if I got the part yet, which makes me more anxious.
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I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place.
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I used to cuss in my tweets, and now I don't.
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If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head.
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When I have a chunk of time that I can really dedicate to music, I really want to get into it. I want to do some really hard stuff and push myself.
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I just feel abstinence is the right thing to do. You don't want to ruin the experience of first sex with your wife, by comparing it to what you've done before.
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When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.
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History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence.
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Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
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I often feel that worse than the most fiendish Nazis were those Germans who went along with the persecution of the Jews not because they really disliked them but because it was the thing.
