Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I never really learned photography.
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I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.
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I really like sort of disappearing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.
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If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.
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We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.
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The tours are campaigns.
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Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word.
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I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.
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Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
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I know my heart, and have studied mankind; I am not made like any one I have been acquainted with, perhaps like no one in existence; if not better, I at least claim originality, and whether Nature did wisely in breaking the mould with which she formed me, can only be determined after having read this work.
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To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.
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Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.
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Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us;The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,We bargain for the graves we lie in;At the Devil's booth are all things soldEach ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.
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When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak.
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Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
