Bernard Hopkins Quotes
Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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(Referring to the music of Anton Bruckner) 'Nightmarish hangover style' (traumverwirrten Katzenjammerstil)
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When we started CANANA, I wasn't married, so I guess I was married to the idea of CANANA.
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With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.
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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
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Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.
