Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

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• I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Life
  • Technology
  • Myself

• I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • God
  • Beautiful
  • Control

• So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Amazing

• The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.

  

  Nancy A. Collins
  • School
  • High
  • Culture

• Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Effort
  • Create
  • Class

• Any competent actor could have done what I did.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Done
  • Actor
  • Did

• We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • Children
  • Value
  • Environment

• I am a just man.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Man

• I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.

  

  Randy Weber
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Family

• I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Love
  • Crowds
  • Festivals

• After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Writing
  • Myself
  • Boy

• I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.

  

  S. Robson Walton
  • Believe
  • May
  • Circumstances

• Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • You
  • Player
  • Tennis

• But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Know
  • Look
  • Existence

• Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Money
  • Capitalism
  • Throw

• 'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Movie

• My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Up
  • Age
  • Father

• Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Believe
  • Man
  • Average

• I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

  

  Antony Hewish
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Challenge

• Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. It's somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

  

  Joe Cocker
  • Relax

• Most people don’t really want to think independently or make decisions; they’re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group where it’s safest, don’t stand out too much, don’t move too far away from convention, etc. They want to be led and dictated to. But they’re stubborn, mulish animals and they like to think they’re independent and free.

  

  Blanche Barton
  • Independent
  • Decisions
  • Animals

• Many of the things that we take for granted around the table, like cashing a check or just paying a bill or sending money to somebody you love, is very time consuming.

  

  Dan Schulman
  • Time
  • Money

• Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • People
  • Afraid
  • Nowadays