Olaf Stapledon Quotes
It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit. It is infinitely more than enough to have been used, to have been the rough sketch for some perfected creation. Looking into the future, I saw without sorrow, rather with quiet interest, my own decline and fall.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.
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I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.
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I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.
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There's something universal about illness... Whether you like it, at some level all patients are saying, 'Daddy, Mommy, help me, tell me it's going to be alright.'
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U.S.-Israel relations are often depicted as an extended honeymoon, but that's a false image.
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It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
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I think that people post to social media to help shape their public identity.
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If anything changes shape or takes off without me, I'll come after you and kill you. I'm too type A.
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It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit. It is infinitely more than enough to have been used, to have been the rough sketch for some perfected creation. Looking into the future, I saw without sorrow, rather with quiet interest, my own decline and fall.
