Thomas Carlyle Quotes
A mind that has seen, and suffered, and done, speaks to us of what it has tried and conquered.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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Stay focused on the mission.
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You're allowed to work hard and have good things and do good things.
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I have a naive outlook on life. That's who I am.
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Will Smith would not be Worldwide Will Smith if he had not insisted on going worldwide and touring with his films. You have to build that audience for people and allow for it to happen.
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Before I went to New Orleans, I was a little scared of New Orleans. I don't know why. I had only been there a few times. Something about it made me feel nervous, knowing a bit about the history.
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It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
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You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
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I'm one of the idiots that negotiates after I write.
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If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
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The situation now is really very different from the 1980s.
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I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
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Relationships never end, because they're of the mind; only bodies can separate. When you're missing someone, know it just means that on a soul level they've come to visit.
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You don't say "Maybe I should go to bed early tonight" or do any of that stuff. It's almost like you know you're alone and you have to get through it by whatever means - distracting yourself. Because, the more alone time the worse, you know?
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A mind that has seen, and suffered, and done, speaks to us of what it has tried and conquered.
