Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
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I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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Some people run away from things.
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I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.
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We have to fight twice as hard, three times as hard - not only as conservatives, but frankly, as women - to have our voices heard.
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He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
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You would not easily guess All the modes of distress Which torture the tenants of earth; And the various evils, Which like so many devils, Attend the poor souls from their birth.
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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.
