Stephane Hessel (Stéphane Frédéric Hessel) Quotes
Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.

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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time studying history and science.
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I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
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There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.
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Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was cold and there.
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Every gesture is a revolutionary act.
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Tread the track of life with utmost caution. But let this not deter you from taking giant leaps towards your goals. Excessive caution may reduce your speed to move ahead in life.
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You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.
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There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes. And I see no divine person. I myself am more divine than any I see - I think that is enough to say about them...
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I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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There is no tyranny in the world more hateful than that of ideas. Ideas bring ideophobia, and the consequence is that people begin to persecute their neighbors in the name of ideas. I loathe and detest all labels, and the only label that I could now tolerate would be that of ideoclast or idea breaker.
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Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.