Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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I'm always forming bands.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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We are a country of artisans and a country of manufacturing. I think Japanese textile technology is the best in the world.
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I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do.
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It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
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I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.
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There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up communications.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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The world is full of opportunities - every day there's something new that you can do. For example, you could make dirty water potable. Why does anyone not have potable water? Because it's a problem that hasn't been solved yet, but it can be.
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The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough.
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Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.
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Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally were unbelievable to work with in 'How to Succeed.'
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There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.
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I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.
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Colombians are sick of 'Narcos' stories because Colombia is a country that has changed so much. It's a country that's completely different from the country that we see in 'Narcos.' They reconstructed themselves in 25 years, which is amazing.
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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.
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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
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Go as far as you can. Go further than you can!
