Pyotr Ouspensky Quotes
a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?
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Truth is the best defense.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.
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While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
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If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
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It felt when I was growing up that sport was, like, the only thing you should do... if you do music, you're really different and a bit weird.
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I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.
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Well if you don’t want me to grow up talkin‘ that way, why do you send me to school?
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Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.'
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These stories get made up, and I don’t know from where. I have no idea. I didn’t make that one up - sometimes I make my own stories up - but I didn’t make that one up.
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In fairness to Edwards, asking a trial lawyer to name his favorite moral leader is like asking the president of Iran to name his favorite Jew. (Answer: George Soros.) If you're keeping score, that's two major religions the Democrats lack a working knowledge of - Christianity and Islam.
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More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.
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Four months after we released 'I Don't Want to Be Funny Anymore,' the album came out on EggHunt. Three months after that, we officially signed with Matador. That's not a very long time: half a year between the first flood and the final signing.
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And you probably remember all of those papers and documents that they had published in the newspapers. And, you know, when you look at that, it really was their own little jihad that they had going. It just wasn't taken very seriously then.
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Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.
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Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
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The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.
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I am thrilled and proud of Benjamin Watson for speaking up on behalf of innocent black lives, traditionally an unpopular stance in the mainstream media.
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a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
