Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.
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With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
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And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.
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I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.
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I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
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I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!
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Sochi started with the same problem as every Winter Olympics. Forget the crass commercialism, the fake amateurism, NBC's refusal to televise important events live to all its viewers. As an event, the Winter Games fail on the most basic level. They're lousy to watch.
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Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were a little ashamed of it. But in our clamorous times it's much easier to acknowledge your faults, at least if they're attractively packaged, than to recognize your own merits, since these are hidden deeper and you never quite believe in them yourself.
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Fashion should be playful.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.
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Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.
