Miguel de Unamuno Quotes
The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
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If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.
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My biggest goal in life will be achieved when I have a family, when I have my own kids that I can raise myself and bring up based on what I know. I always think it's the wildest idea - raising a whole, entire human is insane to me, and I've always wanted kids.
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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Detention without trial is history in Malaysia.
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Obviously I try to make the best music that I can, but after about two years of making an album, you start to worry: 'Is it going to come out all right? Is it all going to sound churned out?'
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.
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I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.
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The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism.
