Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.
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The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth - that error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it has been cured of one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.
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There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.
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Our message to China is very clear: we want the U.K. to be China's best partner in the West.
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We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.
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Looking back, I can see that my life with David was molded by forces beyond my control and even my understanding. Still, I don't regret trying.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
