Joseph Priestley Quotes
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.
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For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.
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It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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It avoids a self-conscious relationship to the act. We live in the most self-conscious society in the history of mankind. There are good things in that, but there are also terrible things. The worst of it is, that we find it hard to give ourselves to the cultural process.
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I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
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My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.
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Siempre me fue más fácil amar que elogiar.
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Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
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Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.
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Helplessness is the real secret and the impelling power of prayer.
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Once in a while I say, 'Go for it' and I eat chocolate.
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The self-organizing and self-correcting imprint is on all aspects of reality. So not only was your body formed by this invisible hand, not only does your body continue to work by this invisible hand, but every aspect of your life - emotionally, physiologically, and spiritually - is also programmed to thrive, is also programmed for self-organization and self-correction.
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If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.
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We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind of integrity, if you look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
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Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease the isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. This makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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The world is no nursery.
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Sometimes comedy can be, like, negative and just the worst parts of ourselves coming out.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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No matter where you are, depression responds to the same treatment.
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Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.
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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.
