Isaiah Berlin Quotes
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
Daisaku Ikeda -
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
Maeve Binchy -
I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
Taslima Nasrin -
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John -
If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.
Pat Buchanan -
I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.
Yani Tseng
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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
Rafael Cruz -
There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.
Mahershala Ali -
Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
Barbara Jordan -
I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.
Carlos Alazraqui -
I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by.
Frances O'Grady -
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
Mae Jemison
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I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
Adrian Anthony Gill -
All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Oscar Wilde -
I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
Vivien Leigh -
Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting community and the process of songs and getting better and putting more in what I wanted to say, was absolutely vital in me even wanting to be an artist.
Kacey Musgraves -
We are doomed to choose and every choice may entail irreparable loss.
Isaiah Berlin