Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.
Vladimir Nabokov
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If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
S. Truett Cathy
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
Pankaj Mishra
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
Carl Honore
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
Taylor Swift
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
Ted Kotcheff
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
Viggo Mortensen
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I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible.
Joel Osteen
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What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small.
Richard Mentor Johnson
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...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple.
H. Russell Wakefield
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Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
Marianne Williamson
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Life is just one small piece of light between two eternal darknesses.
Vladimir Nabokov
