Pietro Mascagni Quotes
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.
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Te asusta el vacío, ¡y abres más los ojos!
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My worst quality is impatience.
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Right now it feels like we're playing a role, like me and a couple of my friends, in where popular culture is going. That's a very rare thing in a person's life to be able to be a part of that. It's a responsibility I take seriously.
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I always want to remain positive. In our long history, Iran has been invaded by so many other countries and despite it all, the Iranian identity has survived. People are very courageous, especially the women, who are braver than the men.
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You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it.
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Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism... Resist growing up!
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If God does not give you something you ask for, wait on Him. He will speak with you tenderly and sympathetically about the matter until you yourself understand that He cannot grant your prayer.
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I'd describe myself as a sexual libertarian - but I'm not a libertine. "To each his own" is my motto.
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I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.
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Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and women alike.
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Passion is born of vague hopes.
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It's the narrowest of margins over there. It's difficult to get things out of the Senate. It would be very unfortunate if that happens, but I'm going to wait and see.
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Sebald, Naipaul, and Joyce are three of my biggest influences, all of them for their formal freedom and their ability to create mood. So those comparisons are immensely flattering and, of course, unearned.
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If you are without impulses, you are, to a degree, without joy..." 469
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In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.
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There is no portion of our time that is our time, and the rest God's; there is no portion of money that is our money, and the rest God's money. It is all His; He made it all, gives it all, and He has simply trusted it to us for His service. A servant has two purses, the master's and his own, but we have only one.
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I wish it had never happened because then I wouldn't think about it as I'm falling asleep.
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There are three degrees of comparison: stupido, stupidissimo, and tenore.
