Edith Sitwell Quotes
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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Researchers have found very little difference between men and women in terms of the amount of time spent gossiping.
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In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between truth and falsity sometimes isn't.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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Taiwan must find its own way. We have been emphasizing too much the manufacturing business. We have to become more high-tech, more innovative, and provide more value. We can't always insist on the value of low-cost production. We have to invest more in R&D to get high-value business.
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There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
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I AM NOTHING.Nothing but a pale shape.
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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
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A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.
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If you’re a serious actor, you wouldn’t put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.
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I still feel like I'm 15 sometimes and then other times, I'm wanting to feel comfortable in my body and my skin.
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He was free, free in every way, free to behave like a fool or a machine, free to accept, free to refuse, free to equivocate; to marry, to give up the game, to drag this death weight about with him for years to come. He could do what he liked, no one had the right to advise him, there would be for him no Good or Evil unless he thought them into being.
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I thought, 'It doesn't matter what that woman is wearing,' but then I realised actually it's our job as designers to make women smile; to bring them the chocolate without the calories.
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Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.
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Seriously, my heart is to just go forward as far as I can, making music that I love and seeing where the journey takes me.
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It's long been my dream to have myself declared incompetent so I could just practice all day, and blog, and not have to take care of any normal life things.
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Perception is reality.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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I like circle time and school drop-off. And I like that I have kids still willing to hold my hand.
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I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.
