Olaf Stapledon Quotes
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Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
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I don't miss acting at all.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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I've decided to recast myself as Utopian. I like this landscape of the M25 and Heathrow. I like airfreight offices and rent-a-car bureaus. I like dual carriageways. When I see a CCTV camera, I know I'm safe.
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Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.
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I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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I don't want to do only blockbusters.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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Each emission of an alpha or beta ray accompanies the transmutation of an atom; the energy communicated to these rays comes from inside the atom.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
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The Book of Isaiah begins with a description of the disasters which had overtaken the nation and then in impassioned words the prophet spurns the means taken to appease Jehovah's anger. '...Cease to do evil! Learn to do right! Seek justice! Relieve the oppressed! Secure justice for the orphaned and plead for the widow.' (Isaiah I. 10-17.)
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I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.
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A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
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By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same.
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Barren, barren and trivial are these words. But not barren the experience.
