Erwin Rommel Quotes
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Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
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I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.
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I end up pleading my case to alternative programmers - you're telling me that my music is too dark for pop, too pop for alternative, and urban radio won't touch it - so we have a record that doesn't fit in. And what is more alternative than that?
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See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, it's fueled by mistrust and distraction and division. When we build barriers amongst ourselves, and we fight amongst ourselves, the virus thrives. But unlike all threats to humanity, Ebola is one where we're actually all the same. We're all in this fight together.
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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.
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Why should youngsters get butterflies in their stomachs while working with me when my condition too is no different from theirs?
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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.
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Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of the obligation cities and towns have taken upon themselves to provide health care for their retirees.
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There are a lot of children in our country that, because of their neighborhood or socio-economic status, do not have the opportunity to attend a good school that will prepare them for life's challenges.
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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
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I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.
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For hundreds of millions of years, Sex was the most efficient method for propagating information of dubious provenance: the origins of all those snippets of junk DNA are lost in the sands of reproductive history. Move aside, Sex: the world-wide Web has usurped your role.
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Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
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I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
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What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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I didn't die nor win.
