Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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I imagine there are things I wouldn't do, but I haven't been offered those recently either.
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In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.
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The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
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What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.
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Culture is a simplification and a lie. It's the currency by which fools navigate the world. Smart people get beyond it.
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And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.
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I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.
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I'm interested in teasing out the contemporary issues in what I'm working on, however old the piece might be, whenever I'm working on it.
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My work is as an ethnographic rescuer: a conduit between past and future generations. The urgency of this effort cannot be overstated.
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The absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities.
