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 promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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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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The hero is changing in Bollywood, and I approach a hero's role like a character by focusing on its weaknesses. I feel the weaknesses of a character make them more alive, relatable, and human.
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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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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.
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You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.
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I eat once a day if I remember, and I try never to go to sleep.
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A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
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Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.
