C. H. Dodd (Charles Harold Dodd) Quotes
The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction.
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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When theater becomes a soothing middle-class thing, when it's packaged as the Night Out, then that's the death of it.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
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I've lost love. I've tried to reclaim a lost love and didn't know how to do it.
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After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting. The more different they are, the bigger the challenge.
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Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.
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Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly see how to do what He has asked? Simply obey Him with unrestrained joy. When He tells you something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a misunderstanding of what honors Him and what doesn't. Are you faithful to Jesus, or faithful to your ideas about Him?
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My work is independent of my will. My best works are created when driven by an inner strength. This has nothing to do with my will. It is that immediate spontaneity of my intense way of living that makes the difference between my work and a lot of other artists who make art works with their mind.
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I have such a big mouth.
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
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The absorption of the individual in the universal is only another term for its destruction.
