Johan Huizinga Quotes
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.
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I try to lead by example.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I've got quite a vivid imagination and I'm easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don't think I've ever seen a ghost - I think I'm probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones.
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I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. 'Lizzie McGuire' was my all-time favorite. I'm pretty sure I had every piece of merchandise that involved Lizzie. And I loved 'That's So Raven.'
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just - I crave it.
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History contains heroes, but no one is a hero entirely, and no one is a hero for very long.
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I am very traditional, and I am the disciplinarian.
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If I hadn't had Freddie Mercury's lyrics to hold on to as a kid I don't know where I would be. It taught me about all forms of music... it would open my mind. I never really had a bigger teacher in my whole life.
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I always liked it when people go back in time to discover things about themselves, like with 'A Christmas Carol' and you're getting a tour of your life by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
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And it makes you wonder—how can a people incapable of selecting their own lightbulbs and toilets possess enough competence to vote for their own rulers and fill out complicated tax returns?
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You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.
