Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes
As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.

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I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.
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In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
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Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and accessible - that means full day and full year. And let's not forget that even in elementary school, working parents need access to the same kind of quality, affordable after-school programs!
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.
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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces.
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Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.
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We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
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When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
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As you walk, you cut open and create that river bed into which the stream of your descendants shall enter and flow.