Franz Schubert Quotes
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
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In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.
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I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.
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We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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Lack of consistency is a weakness shared by all nations.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.
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I eat healthy and don't even get on a scale. I have my favorite jeans that I wear, and if they are getting too snug, I watch what I eat for a week.
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I hope people will say I never had a hidden agenda, and I never played it cute around the turns, and that my integrity stayed intact.
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I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.
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..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.
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While immensely beneficial to Seoul, is this U.S. guarantee to fight Korean War II, 64 years after the first, wise? Russia, China and Japan retain the freedom to decide whether and how to react, should war break out. Why do we not?
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It was during this as a kid time that I came out of my shell vocally and performance wise, I learned how to really and truly sing in a different way.... my way. It was an amazing experience because I also realized my lifelong dream - to sing my own songs...I have something to say and it was a great release for me to share that part of myself with others.
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The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
