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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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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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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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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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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Been tumbled smooth by waves
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I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.
