Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg) Quotes
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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Everybody was in struggle, in the grind trying to make it.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
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I used to love to go to the movies - I'd see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started... now that I think about it, that's kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say, I still love going to the movies, but I don't sneak in anymore.
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My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
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If you're too embarrassed and want to hide behind your computer screen, that's what this is for. It's about building confidence and that's what U by Kotex does. Girls owning their bodies and health.
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Currently, my machines are black and sometimes gentle, if not sexy or exuding a contained violence; I finally found the technical means for accomplishing this.
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Sometimes when Australians go overseas, it's as though the 'Aussie' is refined out of them. I don't know why. It's never happened to me, because I'm really proud of it. I'm not embarrassed about where I'm from or who I am any more. I know who I am. I don't fit in everywhere, but I know where I do fit in.
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The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.
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I lie when I drink and I drink a lot.
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Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
