Madame de Stael Quotes
Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I gotta go through, like, a little routine when I wake up in the morning to get everything functioning and ready to go. But, the only thing is everything just goes back to gridlock so fast once I sit down, 'cause you know you go to work again.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
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When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong.
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A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.
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I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
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The theater is my power center, and I love doing it in New York.
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'All people are insane,' he said. 'They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.'
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Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.
