Olaf Stapledon Quotes
The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed to be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the human spirit's manifold potentialities.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.
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When I'm off the golf course, I feel the pressure, but I try to concentrate on the golf course.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
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Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
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I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.
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By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.
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Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.
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When you do it yourself, you feel better.
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The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed to be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the human spirit's manifold potentialities.
