Frederick the Great Quotes
If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new Prometheus bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the brake is stripped of them, they are its destruction.
Quotes to Explore
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it.
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Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.
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I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?
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I make different choices in regards to the stories I want to be a part of. In my mind, it's a totally different medium. Commercials are little skits, and movies are stories; I became a little more picky in my choices for stories that I wanted to be involved in.
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If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new Prometheus bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are the heart of the enterprise; but when the brake is stripped of them, they are its destruction.
