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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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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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Non- Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange background of multi-dimensional reality behind the ghoulish hints of Gothic tales and the wild whispers of the chimney-corner, one can hardly expect to be wholly free from mental tension. (Dreams In The Witch-House)
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I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play a lot of different kinds of music. We're getting toward the end of our business collaboration. If you could envision a record that you wanted to hear from me, what kind of record would it be?" It wasn't like asking him to fill an order, it was really just a conversation. For all the things I'd ever asked him, this was one thing I'd never asked, and I don't know why. So I was curious. And the thing that he was most interested in hearing was a solo record.
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As president, Clinton will continue to oppose TPP until it dies.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.
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From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
