Martha Gellhorn Quotes
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I understand that people want to just listen to a track and put it on their iPod, and that's fine, there's nothing wrong with that, but why can't that exist hand in hand with an album? They're such different experiences.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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Concerning Poland, I can only say that the peoples of Central Europe and Hungary are a community in fate, to the death. Many of us would spill our blood for Poland any time. And vice versa: in an emergency, many Polish people would give his life to protect Hungarians. This has happened more than once over the course of history.
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The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.
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It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
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Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled.
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.
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In November you begin to know how long the winter will be.
