Zbigniew Herbert Quotes
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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The criteria, the only rule you should follow - the only rule - is to never touch a product or service unless, every time it is sold, part of the profit has to come back to you.
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A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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Well, one always has an instinct to be a painter, and I've done quite a lot of painting at one time or another, though not with any public success.
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I definitely think being a young girl, there's a time where - like when you're in middle school or when you first start liking boys - you don't really feel comfortable. You remember that time when you first got your period, or when your boobs started coming in, that you were like, 'This is weird.' You have to grow into yourself.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.'
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I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.
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If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
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I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - 'Lana Del Rey' reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'
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In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much.
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What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it were - the drawbacks and the positive things.
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Now it's our turn to kick some tail!
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Jamie has proven he was the right person for our head coaching position three years ago and continues to be the right person today.
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No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.
