Marquis De Custine Quotes
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists, we believe we can will action through language. If that's the case, we have to take responsibility for what we say.
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
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A museum's meticulous presentation - exhaustive captions, hushed lighting, state-of-the-art armature - creates an institutional authority that is constructed to seem impregnable.
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Our prestige abroad, what other peoples think of us, is not of importance only to those Americans who work or travel abroad. The sign 'Yankee go home' does not apply only to our diplomats, foreign-aid specialists, and military personnel who are stationed overseas.
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Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.
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You either have a civil society or you dont.
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There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
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The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.
