Samuel Beckett Quotes
Hamm: What's he doing?(CLOV raises lid of NAGG's bin, stoops, looks into it. Pause.)Clov: He's crying.(He closes lid, straightens up)Hamm: Then he's living.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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You were born as the one you are.
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I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
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In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.
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I am a huge fan of Cronenberg, all his movies.
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I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. It's like rock n' roll here. Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.
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I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far.
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Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.
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Hamm: What's he doing?(CLOV raises lid of NAGG's bin, stoops, looks into it. Pause.)Clov: He's crying.(He closes lid, straightens up)Hamm: Then he's living.
