Stephane Hessel (Stéphane Frédéric Hessel) Quotes
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Our responsibility for BLM lands is multiple-use, meaning a variety of needs and uses.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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I'm understated in my approach.
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In some causes silence is dangerous.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days.
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I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
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Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
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One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
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I've seen pictures of me, and I look mean and arrogant. That's how I felt on the inside. I think now, 'Is that really me?'
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You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.
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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
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In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.
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To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
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I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.
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I look at my career and how I'm doing it now. I feel like there is something authentic in that process that I still try not to over manipulate. When I feel something, I try to listen to that.
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We don't have a hundred years to fix climate change. We don't have a hundred years to wait until we've built all these bridges and rapport and scientific understanding and so on and so forth. We have to fix climate change with the people we have right now, and to a large extent with the perspectives we have right now as well.
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To create is to resist, to resist is to create.
