Dante Alighieri Quotes
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.
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I believe that often people even stay in bad relationships longer than they should because the fear of the pain of dating is scarier than the pain of a bad relationship!
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book.
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The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.
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If you think back to the fight over drones, when I was proud to be standing shoulder to shoulder with Rand Paul filibustering for 13 hours, that was viewed as a fringe issue, as a quixotic issue, and yet millions of Americans engaged, spoke up, got online.
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Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
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To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.
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Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.
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I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.
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Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.
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I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes, but that's really not what giving someone goosebumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique.
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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I used to believe in God as a child. God, for me, was linked with hope.
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Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.
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I'm sorry. The two most inadequate words in the English language.
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I am a drug expert and the father of 3 black males.
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Growth is usually uncomfortable. If you're looking for comfort, you will more than likely feel tired and old earlier than you want, and the misery of your caged soul will always be looming nearby.
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Qui si convien lasciare ogni sospetto;ogni viltà convien che qui sia morta.
