Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
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At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
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I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.
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I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.
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I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for.
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We don’t forgive being as we are.
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I was never afraid to put this out. That was never the issue -- ever. I wanted it to sound contemporary but still be me. It was just a matter of getting it right.
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It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.
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I know I'm gonna die so my revenge is living well.
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Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for 'doing the best' for his children?
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This is my favorite combo of musicians. It's one of the finest jazz groups out there. I'm just proud to be in it.
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I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.
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As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.
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It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.
