Huston Smith Quotes
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
Vikas Swarup
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
Utada Hikaru
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
Kailash Satyarthi
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Ed Koch
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
Napoleon Hill
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
Laura Wade
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
Karen Salmansohn
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
Ralph Ellison
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
Frances McDormand
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I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.
Katey Sagal
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I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
Rakul Preet Singh
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I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field of influences, one is influenced by everyone one meets, everything is an exchange of influences, all opinions are derivative. Once you deal a new deck of cards, you've got a new deck of cards.
Peter Brook
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I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.
Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic
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The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.
Stephen Covey
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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
Molly Ivins
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If we take into account that women have had the right to vote only for some 100 years - in some countries even less - and that we have already won seats in governments or presidential offices, I understand that men look at this rise with some anxiety.
Dalia Grybauskaite
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The most powerful moral influence is example.
Huston Smith
