Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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CEOs and employers at for-profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a ' buzz ' about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I learned more from my failures than from all of my successes put together - failures as an athlete and as a person.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.
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Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
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Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.