Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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I never read the tabloids.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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I couldn't have imagined working on a film I didn't believe in.
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We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
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If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.
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Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or to fulfil some non-existent imperial ambitions.
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Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions.
