Yousuf Karsh Quotes
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
Garry Kasparov -
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
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I grew up listening to my father argue politics into the night and taking trips every Saturday to the Hood River library where my mother maintained her interest in reading and encouraged the same from her sons.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.
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One of the reasons I took up the guitar was I didn't want to speak to anybody. I really felt uncomfortable speaking to people, so I took the guitar up so I could hide behind it. I'm not comfortable explaining things, because my brain doesn't work that way.
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Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.
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I don't like Paradise, as they probably don't have obsessions there.
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
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I would love to work in America. I wouldn't love to live there, but I'd love to experience working there.
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Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.
