Hermann Hesse Quotes
I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.
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There is an innate anxiety which supplants in us both knowledge and intuition.
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I said the export benefit should go to all the farmers in the country through the mills spread across the country, in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. Now what happens? This benefit goes to those mills or export houses in Mumbai. Or in Chennai or in Bangalore.
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You should see the way I walk around on the way to the nursery. I look a state.
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Christ means Krishna, love of Godhead, Who has His face annointed with tilak.
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I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.
