C.P. Cavafy Quotes
That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead. O land of Ionia, they're still in love with you, their souls still keep your memory.
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I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
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India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
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The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
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Be obscure clearly.
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You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.
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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.
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Two Rules for Happy Living: 1. Be able to experience anything. 2. Cause only those things which others are able to experience easily.
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All of the libraries and schools that were devastated in the hurricane are suffering for the books that they need to get to children and I am very proud to be apart of this to restore it.
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My ex Shar tried to hide me, but Britney was proud to be with me. I have so many great memories that outweigh the bad.
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We don't understand the equity market well, and so we deploy funds in fixed-income securities, and like any other securities, investment in those securities also need to follow the mark-to-market accounting principle.
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That we've broken their statues, that we've driven them out of their temples, doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead. O land of Ionia, they're still in love with you, their souls still keep your memory.
