Octavian Paler Quotes
The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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Today we have big, crude instruments guided by intelligent surgeons, and we have little, stupid molecules of drugs that get dumped into the body, diffuse around and interfere with things as best they can. At present, medicine is unable to heal anything.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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I mean, I never liked being told what to do. It's one of the reasons I dropped out of school. Give me something to assemble, I won't look at the directions, I'll try to figure it out by myself. It's why I love Ikea furniture.
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The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.
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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”
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I've talked to a lot of artists - painters, writers, musicians - many of whom have had great ideas on trains. The only explanation I have is all that stuff is coming at you while you're relaxed, so somehow it kicks you into hyperspace in terms of brain function.
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Love is fragile and rare and cannot live long in open air.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
