Vladimir Lenin Quotes
It is at moments of need that one learns who one's friends are. Defeated armies learn their lesson.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.
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The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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Everything you say and do is having an impact on others.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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H&M makes it easy for a guy to look great every single day and create a personal style. Their men's collection always gives me a choice of how I want to dress, whether it be sharp in a suit and polo-neck, or more relaxed in jeans and a tweed jacket.
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I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.
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Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.
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It is at moments of need that one learns who one's friends are. Defeated armies learn their lesson.
