Al-Maʿarri Quotes
Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.
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I don't need any nicknames.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security.
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I'm a believer in paying your dues.
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I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
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Nothing in life is promised except death.
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My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there.
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One man's piss-soaked sadomasochistic orgy is another man's poetic ecstasy.
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A man is an artist only at certain moments, by an effort of will. Objects have the same appearance for everybody.
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Anyhow, I arrived, and I did feel pretty weird, actually, as if I’d left something behind. My head or something.
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He got his mean streak from the gutterGot his kindness from God
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Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) - you will have hope and be made hopeful.
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Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
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From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was.
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I still listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record.
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Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza.
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I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
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The best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth.
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Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.
