Stijn Streuvels Quotes
Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that.
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I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.
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My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.
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Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.
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On being upset by comments that suggest the music on Dirt advocates drug use, quoted in ** Alice in Chains: Through the Looking Glass. Rolling Stone (November 26, 1992).
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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And you're sorry that the ephemeral beauty has faded so rapidly, so irretrievably, that it flashed so deceptively and pointlessly before your eyes - you're sorry, for you didn't even have time to fall in love.
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We hear people talk about putting a price on carbon, but they won't talk about how much that price of carbon is.
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Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
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If you truly dislike something, you are going to work harder than you ever did before. You will strive with all your breath and strength to find a way out.
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'When it is time to dress, make-up, take your bath and eat, it is time to hurry. Those things have little to do with your future. Don’t waste your time on what cannot guarantee your future; your mirror keeps deceiving you.'
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Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life.
