Bessie Head Quotes
People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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I love books.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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The art world has become the R&D department for so much fashion and music, so knock-offs are getting better and better.
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I have become so used to having people say, 'We loved your movie' instead of 'We read your book' that now I merely say, 'Thanks.'
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Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future world will, in all reasonable probability, be what colored men make it.
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Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.
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People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations.
