G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I've never been interested in being on any of them. I don't know why I'm not. I just don't have that need. I feel like I'm one of the only people I know who doesn't do it.
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I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.
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She was poison in a pretty bottle.
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I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
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When you're asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Perhaps that dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises. A day will come when unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost human heritage.
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It is very difficult also to sacrifice one's suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
