Walter Kaufmann Quotes
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.Walter Kaufmann
Quotes to Explore
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
Wagner Moura -
I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
Zooey Deschanel -
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club -
I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
Fay Wray -
Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
Dana Goodyear
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
Lalaine Vergara-Paras -
Good argument is intended to persuade another.
Barry Eisler -
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
Dan Quinn -
In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Maeve Binchy -
I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
Imogen Heap -
In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
Camilla Luddington -
My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
Taylor Swift -
I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
Vanilla Ice -
Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
Abraham Cowley -
When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
Jack Nicholson -
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
Mahmoud Abbas
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There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'
Caitlin Fitzgerald -
The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.
William Ernest Henley -
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
Alexandre Dumas -
You might not believe it...but you make the world a better place when you smile.
Nicholas Sparks -
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
Seneca the Younger -
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.
Walter Kaufmann