Stanley Hauerwas Quotes
From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.Stanley Hauerwas
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
Rachel Tucker -
My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
Maggie Q -
What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money.
Jack Kingston -
Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.
Laura Dekker -
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Eartha Kitt -
If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
Nancy Horan
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
Daisaku Ikeda -
It's a sin to be tired.
Kate Moss -
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
Irwin Shaw -
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
Carla Bley -
I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
Natasha Lyonne -
As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
Naomie Harris
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With a male-centric show, the women are usually very two-dimensional.
Caitriona Balfe -
There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.
Laura Carmichael -
The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.
Karen Blixen -
The great genius does not let his work be determined by the concrete finite conditions that surround him, whilst it is from these that the work of the statesman takes its direction and its termination. … It is the genius in reality and not the other who is the creator of history, for it is only the genius who is outside and unconditioned by history.
Otto Weininger -
Misandry – or man hating – is the equivalent of misogyny. If you are unaware of misandry, welcome to the club.
Warren Farrell -
Schön war ich auch, und das war mein Verderben.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.
Daniel Hannan -
I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus
David LaChapelle -
A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
Oscar Wilde -
I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
Calvin Klein -
From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.
Stanley Hauerwas