Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
People will observe you to seeHow well you have observed.The man who only observes himself however never gainsKnowledge of men. He is too anxiousTo hide himself from himself. And nobody isCleverer than he himself is.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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A will finds a way.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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Anyone can look beautiful.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.
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Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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When a war breaks out, people say: 'It's too stupid; it can't last long.' But though the war may well be 'too stupid,' that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves.
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The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.
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My dad wouldn't let me date until I was 16.
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People will observe you to seeHow well you have observed.The man who only observes himself however never gainsKnowledge of men. He is too anxiousTo hide himself from himself. And nobody isCleverer than he himself is.
