Ellen Key Quotes
Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.
Quotes to Explore
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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There's nothing worse than being an aging young person.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
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The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life.
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I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.
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Christianity is sustained by the knowledge that the object of man's life on earth is his development as an eternal being. Therefore, none of his expressions of life can be an end in itself, but must serve a higher purpose than the earthly life and happiness of the individual - or even than that of the race.
