Stephane Hessel (Stéphane Frédéric Hessel) Quotes
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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My favorite comfort food would have be braised beef. You know, beef, slow-cooked in a Dutch oven or in a slow cooker until it falls apart with simple mushrooms, some onions and lots of fresh thyme and garlic.
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For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.
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The gods were bored and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase in population. Adam was bored alone, then Adam and Eve were bored together; them Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored en famille; then the population of the world increased, and the people were bored en masse.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
