Norman Angell (Sir Ralph Norman Angell) Quotes
The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war . . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic against that situation is to make the public aware of the way in which it is being misled.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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I don't like possessions.
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That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.
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You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.
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To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.
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It is very disappointing to see the Punjabi music scene of today. The lyrical quality has deteriorated; it is only people like Sartaaj and Gurdas Maan Ji who are sticking to their roots.
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I was really trying to sell to people who hate jazz: to make a case for the art form as youthful and energetic, not the sort of rarified intellectual activity it's painted as.
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Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.
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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.
Ford Frick
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I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.
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I do so dearly believe that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.
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As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack. Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.
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Celebrate your child's achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don't worry that you're throwing away a memory. Your children will remember your praise more than they will remember the picture with macaroni and glitter glued on it.
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The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war . . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic against that situation is to make the public aware of the way in which it is being misled.
