Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness.
Quotes to Explore
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Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.
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Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
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Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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I say this all the time, but my hijab, it really is my crown, and it's something that I bring to the table. It's something that makes me unique. It shows the world who I truly am.
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What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
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My obsessions stay the same - historical memory and historical erasure. I am particularly interested in the Americas and how a history that is rooted in colonialism, the language and iconography of empire, disenfranchisement, the enslavement of peoples, and the way that people were sectioned off because of blood.
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I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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I think people in electronic music are trying to get these big features: 'Oh my gosh, I'm gonna get the biggest pop star to feature on my track.'
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Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work.
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Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here even before stew.)
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Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
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If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness.
