Pericles Quotes
It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told me as I was becoming a man: 'You don't go picking fights, but you don't run from any of them.' And I was more afraid of my father than anybody else I had to fight.
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It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.
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Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.
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As economic globalization gathers momentum, China and the United States have become highly interdependent economically. Such economic relations would not enjoy sustained, rapid growth if they were not based on mutual benefit or if they failed to deliver great benefits to the United States.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
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My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.
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I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble.
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I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.
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The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.
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Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.
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It is more of a disgrace to be robbed of what one has than to fail in some new undertaking.
