Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.
Quotes to Explore
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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I thought everybody else was doing much better than I was.
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Radical Islam, it has grown into a global jihad.
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One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
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It takes a lot of energy to work, in general, especially if you're the lead in something.
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I work on the boundary between economics and statistics in this field called econometrics. Part of my interest is understanding how you use statistics in productive ways to analyze dynamic economic models.
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The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice.
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I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
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We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.
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I'll officer you.
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The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest.
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What are you doing with a car here in 1860?
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
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Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.
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In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.
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We have no time for excuses.
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Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.
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I think the danger is to try and please everyone.
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Australia - not western in geography, of course, but in every other respect for sure (it certainly doesn't want to be regarded as Asian, God forbid) - loves nothing more than to throw its weight around in South-East Asia by playing peacekeeper, carrying out its role as the United States' regional policeman.
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We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.
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I'm always designing for that sort of dressed-up woman who likes to go to different occasions, who's career focused, but she entertains in the evening... a very sophisticated-feeling working woman who likes to have fun.
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Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.
