Paulo Coelho Quotes
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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What is a farm but a mute gospel?
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There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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I have employees that are, you know, other types of diversity, coming to me and saying 'Well, why aren't we focused on these other areas as well?' and I said yes, we should focus them, but, you know, the phrase we use internally is, 'If everything is important, then nothing is important.'
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I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
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I think we are realizing that we are going to have to have an international rule of law.
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The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.
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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.
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I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way.
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I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
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I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
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Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.
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I'll read anything by a guy who spent 40 years in a cave.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.
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Modern schools and universities push students into habits of depersonalized learning, alienation from nature and sexuality, obedience to hierarchy, fear of authority, self-objectification, and chilling competitiveness. These character traits are the essence of the twisted personality-type of modern industrialism. They are precisely the character traits needed to maintain a social system that is utterly out of touch with nature, sexuality and real human needs.
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I don't like sleeping in a bed.
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What did I do to deserve this?
