Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
Die nächste Flut verwischt den Weg im Watt, und alles wird auf allen Seiten gleich; die kleine Insel draußen aber hat die Augen zu; verwirrend kreist der Deichum ihre Wohner, die in einem Schlaf geboren werden, drin sie viele Welten verwechseln schweigend, denn sie reden selten, und jeder Satz ist wie ein Epitaph
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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I find it easier to strike the ball with my instep across goal. But I've scored in loads of other ways, too.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
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We all know what it's like to go through growing pains and have awkward moments talking to someone you have a crush on.
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I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.
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I think if you're a painter, you paint; if you're a golfer, you golf; if you're a fisherman, you fish; if you're a musician, you play music.
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In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so.
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It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
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I like living on the edge.
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When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by the value of all the wealth of the country, and it can never become insecure up to this limit.
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I was a child of the women's movement. Everything I had learned was from my mother and my grandmother, who both had a very pioneering spirit. They had to, because they had to change flat tires and paint the house - because, you know, the men didn't come home from the war or whatever else, so women had to do these things.
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οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ παμπλούσιοι ἀγαθοί
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Die nächste Flut verwischt den Weg im Watt, und alles wird auf allen Seiten gleich; die kleine Insel draußen aber hat die Augen zu; verwirrend kreist der Deichum ihre Wohner, die in einem Schlaf geboren werden, drin sie viele Welten verwechseln schweigend, denn sie reden selten, und jeder Satz ist wie ein Epitaph
