Alain J. P. Belda Quotes
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
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I love running and I will always run.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
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I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.
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I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think all these social programs should be abolished in any sense.
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The greatest of vices according to Buddha is the lazy yielding to the impulses of temperament (pamada); the greatest virtue (appamada) is the opposite of this, the awakening from the sloth and lethargy of the senses, the constant exercise of the active will.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Wouldn't it have been better to change humanity so it no longer desired to destroy itself?
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Although we all make mistakes in life, the problems occur when we try to hide our mistakes, to cover them up rather than to learn from them and allow other people to learn from them.
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Our redneck reputation back then was originally just because we had long hair. Back in the '60s and the early '70s, in the South that was kind of a no-no. At all the Army and Navy bases we'd play, we would get into fights with the soldiers over our hair. But I think our music overshadowed everything else.
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Perfectionism is really a challenge for me, and it causes me to be super-critical of myself in so many ways: about body image constantly; about parenting; about being a mother.
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It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera.
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I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.
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...death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape.
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It's all about secular unionism, the advancement of atheism, which they even tried to create in this law - Democrats did - an atheistic chaplaincy.
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The fascination of somebody with original creative gifts is something that's always drawn me. I get attached to them, but I can't call it being in love, because the words are so debased.
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Violence is the first means and the last resort to pacify a people, and thus is something we need to continue to consider after the gunfire has ended.
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We are focused on managing what is under our control.
