V. S. Naipaul Quotes
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
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I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve.
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.
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Comedy requires a lot of energy.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
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Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.
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I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.
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I came up in a time when Springsteen, the Stones, Dylan, and the Beatles were still dominant. For every magazine cover with a new band, there were five covers with one of those guys.
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It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.
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I do love video games. But after a while, you feel like you really need to get up and do something.
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I realize that some folks might not believe me in this - I didn't run for Congress on the hopes that one day you're going to run for something else.
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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.
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It's about communication, no matter how impossibly hard your art is to understand and how much of an ivory tower or high horse you get on, it's still basically communication or why are you doing it?
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That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
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Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.
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Before comfort had been squeezed out of the hard land, like blood out of stone.
