Vladimir Lenin Quotes
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
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I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.
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I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.
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In private, I'm a hippie who follows Buddhism, does yoga, meditates and loves to dance wildly.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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There are no secrets - I've been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.
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The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
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Private sector labor market flows provide additional indications of the strength of the labor market. For example, the quits rate has tended to be pro-cyclical, since more workers voluntarily quit their jobs when they are more confident about their ability to find new ones and when firms are competing more actively for new hires.
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The human family is a great one, and the Muslim branch is certainly worth knowing.
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A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom - he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
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Sooner or later, the headphone jack is going away. There are just too many reasons aligned against it sticking around any longer.
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Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness.
