Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the 'global mind' without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life?
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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Consuming is the opposite of producing.
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A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it's an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that's the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.
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I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
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Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.
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The pleasures of writing correspond exactly to the pleasures of reading
