J. P. Donleavy Quotes
Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
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I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.
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I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.
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I spent a lot of time in college. I was just being academic and discovering myself through reason and analysis.
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Web GIS provides us with a whole new window into our information through applications that are easy, 3D, and analytic. These applications are not just casual things, but reach deep into geographic knowledge and apply it.
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Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
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People think that it is important to learn by assisting the great photographers. I say that is a big mistake. Be happy; just learn from any little guy. Learn how to use the camera - you don't need anything else. You can't be taught the real skill anyway.
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Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values and common ideals; who celebrate individual excellence but also share a recognition that together, we can accomplish great and wonderful things we can't accomplish alone.
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Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.
