Eugene Ionesco Quotes
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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged two and a half books a year.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Certainly situation comedy is harder than people who are good at it make it look, but it's fun to do something different.
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You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain’t stopped him in 15 years.
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First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must be protected from the government because speech is the beginning of thought.
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We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from their goal in the pursuit of their mission.
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Footnotes are for proving and showing where you've been. Also, they're for the curious - they can then go and find the information on their own.
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I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted.
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I think the regulations are very tough, but I think they could be made tougher. And where they really have to be made tougher is when somebody is proven to be dishonest, not a mistake, not an honest mistake because look, people make bad business deals all the time. When somebody is proven to be dishonest, really harsh punishment has to take place.
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People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.
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I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.
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You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
