Miguel de Unamuno Quotes
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected world, and so his work does not touch life deeply.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.
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I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.
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Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
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Iraq has, in effect, one export of any consequence. That's oil.
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It’s very hard to prosper in this modern economy if you haven’t fully unleashed the potential of your people. And your people’s potential, in part, derives from their ability to express themselves and express new ideas, to try to right wrongs that are taking place in the society.
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Advertisers are the interpreters of our dreams - Joseph interpreting for Pharaoh. Like the movies, they infect the routine futility of our days with purposeful adventure. Their weapons are our weaknesses: fear, ambition, illness, pride, selfishness, desire, ignorance. And these weapons must be kept as bright as a sword.
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Of course, I reserve the right to make wholly stupid changes to Perl if I think they improve the language.
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The floor of Christendom and elsewhere is littered with wrecks made by old prophets. God won't stand nonsense from any man. Every man has to choose between Christ and Barabbas, and every Christian between God and some old prophet.
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I think that's what makes characters interesting - when you paint a person into a corner, and you see what they do to get out of that corner. It's what makes drama drama.
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A tall woman can be just as feminine as a petite woman.
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“I'm really happy that I'm living my dream.”
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A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.
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Dream abides; it is the only things that abides; vision abides.
