Peter Abrahams Quotes
There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.
Quotes to Explore
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.
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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.
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I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
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Every note is a lifetime for itself.
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'TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.
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Being fit involves working on all aspects - your body, what you eat, and how you think. A sculpted body is not of much use if you're not there mentally. And similarly, if you're not eating well, it will affect your physical and mental set-up. After all, a six-pack might look good, but that's pretty much it!
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The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
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We didn't move to L.A. to move to L.A. We moved to make music with Muggs.
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If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
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I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.
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Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.
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Over Babiy Yarthere are no memorials.The steep hillside like a rough inscription.I am frightened.Today I am as old as the Jewish race.
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I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think.
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O for ten years, that I may overwhelmMyself in poesy; so I may do the deedThat my own soul has to itself decreed.
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Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.
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I still get a chill when I sing, 'You Don't Own Me.' I find some new feeling in it every time.
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Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you work with a crew and a film camera, are the closest to film I've ever been. That is the only schooling I've ever had.
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There is a qualitative difference between being a minority and being a majority. Majorities are stronger under psychological pressure because numbers count. But only if they are aware of it.
