Bhumibol Adulyadej Quotes
People get angry at others who express a different opinion, while, in fact, they should be angry at themselves. But we must be angry at ourselves the most when we say something today, only to say something else tomorrow.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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For the Negro, Andrew Johnson did less than nothing when once he realized that the chief beneficiary of labor and economic reform in the South would be freedmen. His inability to picture Negroes as men made him oppose efforts to give them land; oppose national efforts to educate them; and above all things, oppose their rights to vote.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
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Who would have thought around 1900 that in fifty years time we would know so much more and understand so much less.
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Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
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Why is that when people become ill and have something wrong with any of their organs, they get sympathy from other people - except when that organ is their brain?
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I sold my soul for knowledge of the future, only to have that very pact render me forever ignorant (Gerald Tarrant).
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People get angry at others who express a different opinion, while, in fact, they should be angry at themselves. But we must be angry at ourselves the most when we say something today, only to say something else tomorrow.
