Vladimir Putin Quotes
People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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Pollution is a serious one. Water pollution, air pollution, and then solid hazardous waste pollution. And then beyond that, we also have the resources issue. Not just water resources but other natural resources, the mining resources being consumed, and the destruction of our ecosystem.
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Kids don't hesitate to ask questions. And it's a great honor to have the kids say, 'Your books have made me trust you.'
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
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You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.
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Everyone of my generation who preached free love is responsible for AIDS.
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Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.
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He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs (laughter).
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'A splendidly inept thing,' Sylveste said, nodding despite himself.'What?''The human capacity for grief. It just isn’t capable of providing an adequate emotional response once the dead exceed a few dozen in number. And it doesn’t just level off-it just gives up, resets itself to zero. Admit it. None of us feel a damn about these people.'
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Today, computers hold out the promise of a means of instant translation of any code or language into any other code or language. (p. 80)
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A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.
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I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples.
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I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.
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Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.
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People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.
