Freya Stark Quotes
... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization.
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.
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Mike Campbell and Don Henley and I wrote 'The Heart of the Matter,' which was a huge hit for Don.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?
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Cyber terrorists are no different from other terrorists: No matter where they hide, we will track them down and seek to bring them to the United States to face justice.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.
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If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.
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Since I'm on a tour bus, sometimes it's really hard for me to wash my face, so I always make sure I have those Neutrogena Make-up Remover Cleansing Towelettes. No matter what and no matter how long the days are, I always have to wash with those before bed and when I wake up.
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Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It had branched and rooted like a tree, growing questions like buds, and then at some moment all the questions had become one question: what tree is this?
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At a touch, he explodes like a snapdragon into loud purrs.
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Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of the crockery that his wife had thrown at him for painting broken pieces of crockery instead of painting the bathroom and hall.
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We learned sexual technique from our dog. He taught how to beg, and he taught my wife how to roll over and play dead.
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My name sounds French but that's just a stage name.
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... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization.
