Ivan Turgenev Quotes
He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I enjoy female rappers, not because they're female but because I can connect to them more.
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Do your very best on every task. Imagine that everyone is watching even when no one is watching.
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I have no doubt that there will continue to be bumps, some serious crises indeed in our relationship with China.... Neither membership in the WTO nor normalized trade relations with the United States will magically impose the rule of law on China or institute deep-seeded respect for human rights. But it certainly has potential to advance those purposes.
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People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
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Well-reported news is a public good; bad news is bad for everyone.
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He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
