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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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
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The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.
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The pet food recall, which was after all just about pets, and treated as if it were an inconsequential matter, was an absolute forerunner of what's going on in China, where 50,000 infants have been sickened because of a contaminated infant formula. So these things are all closely related. You cannot separate the food supply for pets, farm animals, and people, and you cannot separate problems in one area of a country from problems in another area.
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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
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Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible.
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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.
