Eugene V. Debs Quotes
I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.
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The U.S. is the last country that should see itself as an ally of the apartheid system.
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Being yourself is what will make you survive through anything. If you make music to please someone, it's the first step in the wrong direction. Always do what you believe in, no matter what people say. Only way to go!
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Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
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I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.
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Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
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When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
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Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.
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The uncommon man has done the impossible and there has been that much more light in the world because of it. Children respond to heroes by thinking creatively and sometimes in breaking beyond the bounds of the impossible in their turn, and so becoming heroes themselves.
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In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ. Also, the idea that intelligence can be gauged by an IQ test is erroneous.
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Without social media, I'd probably just be a quirky, amateur photographer with a hard drive full of photos. I'd be cold calling respected publications, begging for a feature.
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My whole life has been one of seeking experience.
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I hated stand-up.
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The word 'carer' makes me think of someone with a nylon overall and a long list of 'clients' to wash before she finishes her shift. A companion was something unique. A kind of live-in friend.
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He might be my boyfriend. He might not be my boyfriend.
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As though a rose should shut and be a bud again.
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As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.
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I want to use the best technology we have at our disposal to begin to take on trolling and other nefarious tactics that give hostile voices disproportionate weight. To do everything we can to level the playing field.
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The whole military structure in Haiti that existed until the early 1990s was put in place by the American occupation. At the top there were Southern white officers, who led an army that crushed the indigenous resistance - the cacos. A high-ranking U.S. officer said when he arrived, "To think these niggers speak French!" Later, Haitian officers attended the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning. The threat from the U.S. is something that is always hanging over people's heads: If we don't behave, we'll have occupation again.
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I'll just have to weigh it up and if I'm still playing well, training hard and enjoying my footy, then who knows.
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I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.
