Georg Brandes Quotes
Instead of trying to educate the human race, they should imitate the pedagogues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who concentrated their efforts on the education of a single person.
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.
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Writing 'The Spirit' is really fun.
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I knew I didn't look like my sisters and I didn't have those shapes, but I didn't think that was wrong.
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It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast.
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Modern man has lost any sense of God's nearness, but Christianity teaches that God reveals himself through every single thing he has ever brought into being, whether a created object or historical event.
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Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
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Instead of trying to educate the human race, they should imitate the pedagogues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who concentrated their efforts on the education of a single person.
