Johan Huizinga Quotes
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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Do people ever ask me to say 'Wow?' Never in interviews, but a few times on the street. I don't do it. I try to get away from them as quickly as possible and explain that I'm not a performing seal.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.
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Hindsight bias makes surprises vanish.
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The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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We're simple-minded, the team at Hulu, which is, we think if we can obsess over quality and build a better mousetrap, that good things will happen. Users will adopt the service, advertisers will see great value in it, and that's what we're seeing.
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Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.
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History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
