Herbert Kaufman Quotes
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I've always enjoyed poor health.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.
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I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease.
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Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.
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There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
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There's nothing more adult than being ripped away from friends and family, you know? Having to manage a life when you're not fully there, manage a life when you don't make a lot of money. It's very adult.
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Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
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Skin has become inadequate in interfacing with reality. Technology has become the body's new membrane of existence.
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Writing, I crushed an insect with my nail And thought nothing at all. A bit of wing Caught my eye then, a gossamer so frail And exquisite, I saw in it a thing That scorned the grossness of the thing I wrote. It hung upon my finger like a sting.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
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Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.
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To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as a whole.
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The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
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The American Dream has always focused on building a better life for yourself and your family, striving for success, and even fleeing from religious prosecution.
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I want to ski as long as I can.
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Washington is a dirty diaper. It's time for a change.
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Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.
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The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
