Michael Huffington Quotes
The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our jobs which are a very necessary and important part of our lives can end up being the altar at which we pray. They consume most of our waking hours and provide the income on which we are dependent in order to take care of our families.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen, but genuinely, when I stopped competing with anything is when I started enjoying my work, and that brought out the best in me. I'm living in a universe of my own, and I'm enjoying that. I love to appreciate other people's work.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
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I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require.
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The least sexy city is Los Angeles. And it poses as the most sexy. As you grow up, L.A. is being sold to you as home of the bikini-clad party girls. And then you get there, and it's full of very goal-oriented, yoga-obsessed careerists.
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Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.
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Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.
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Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourdeur le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.
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We certainly weren't the only show that managed to be funny and engaging and relatable but never talk down to the audience. There have only been a handful of those that I can think of that aren't super-cheesy or sappy or way too kid-friendly. 'Boy Meets World' was special in that way.
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I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.
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I love video games. When I was growing up, video games were very important to me.
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Don't trust anyone who has been in school for the past 24 consecutive years.
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I think if it wasn't for the blues, there wouldn't be no jazz.
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The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its terrestrial form, apparent death, and ultimate celestial destination.
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The world that we live in is full of distractions and pleasures that pull us away from a spiritual life. Even our jobs which are a very necessary and important part of our lives can end up being the altar at which we pray. They consume most of our waking hours and provide the income on which we are dependent in order to take care of our families.
