Virginia Woolf Quotes
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There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization and possibly cause the extinction of the human race. But, on the bright side, Prince could re-release his hit song with the new refrain 'We're gonna party like its twenty-eight seventy-nine.'
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Silence is also conversation.
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You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
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I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent too much time in inner-party factional disputes.
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I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think that's the main difference.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
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In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.
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The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very frustrated by it, to the point that not only did I change parties, I decided to do something about it and run for Congress.
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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I agree that the two-party system stomps on any kind of competition. A great first step is to open the presidential debates to all qualified candidates, including the Libertarians. If that happens, the Libertarian party will experience unprecedented growth.
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In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
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The Party leader at the time, Jiang Zemin, wanted to show the world China's new status. And in winning the bid, the leaders could show the people how strong the government was. Plus, the leadership wanted to use the Olympics to strengthen nationalist sentiment.
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I know I must live in France, but I don't want to cut myself off from America. France is a picture already painted. America still has to be painted. Maybe that's why I feel freer there. But when I work in America, it's like shouting in a forest. There's no echo.
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When did I start comedy? I came out of the womb and did 10 minutes.
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I love the challenge of having one character who is traveling back in time to find someone. Nowadays, the only way we think to find someone is on Facebook.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence
