Vladimir Lenin Quotes
When a war is waged by two opposing groups of robbers for the sake of deciding who shall have a freer hand to oppress more people, then the question of the origin of the war is of no real economic or political significance.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.
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My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.
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All of the Antilles, every island, is an effort of memory: every mind, every racial biography culminating in amnesia and fog. Pieces of sunlight through the fog and sudden rainbows, arcs-en-ciel. That is the effort, the labour of the Antillean imagination, rebuilding its gods from bamboo frames, phrase by phrase.
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Smiling makes you and others feel better, and it makes you look younger.
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When a war is waged by two opposing groups of robbers for the sake of deciding who shall have a freer hand to oppress more people, then the question of the origin of the war is of no real economic or political significance.
