Paulo Coelho Quotes
Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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War is over if you want it.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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Both spiritual companionship and spiritual motherliness are not limited to the physical wife and mother relationship, but they extend to all people with whom woman comes into contact.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.
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Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.
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Most people can't see the connection between their own lives and the oceans.
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Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.
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The money that bin Laden inherited was about 20 million dollars over the course of many years, not the much larger sums some have suggested. In 1994, his family cut him off.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.
