Desiderius Erasmus Quotes
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
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I get over-excited by every opportunity that comes my way. I end up doing too much.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.
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I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.
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I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.
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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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Companies like Spotify, the new Apple service, and all the others are really going to have to pay artists more. And I think it's a matter of time; I think a lot of these companies and the individuals that are involved in them realize that as well. They know that artists are not getting what they should be getting.
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I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
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I can tell you who I'd like to work with as far as rock legends. Definitely Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters. Of course Linkin Park. Actually, I already worked with Travis Barker on a couple of things. Gotta let the drummer get some. Possibly Paramore, Hayley Williams.
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So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.
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If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won even before you have started.
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You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
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Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.
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Fortune favors the audacious.
