Miguel de Unamuno Quotes
Whenever a man talks he lies, and so far as he talks to himself - that is to say, so far as he thinks, knowing that he thinks - he lies to himself. The only truth in human life is that which is physiological. Speech - this thing that they call a social product - was made for lying.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?
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Industrial agriculture characteristically proceeds by single solutions to single problems: If you want the most money from your land this year, grow the crops for which the market price is highest.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
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I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle adventure.
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The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.
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Whenever a man talks he lies, and so far as he talks to himself - that is to say, so far as he thinks, knowing that he thinks - he lies to himself. The only truth in human life is that which is physiological. Speech - this thing that they call a social product - was made for lying.
