Albert Memmi Quotes
Now, I want to remember all this. My life has known days of innocence when I had only to close my eyes in order not to see.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Garbage is the part of your history you don't want your family to know about.
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Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.
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People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.
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I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
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'I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.''You mean never again?''Well, not so much. They don't let you.'
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I was at the job of reading it for days and days, endlessly daunted and halted by its laborious dullness, its flatulent fatuity, its almost fabulous inconsequentiality. (On H. G. Wells' Joan and Peter) Ch. 2, 'The Late Mr. Wells'
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There were periods during my childhood when I stammered so badly I couldn't talk at all.
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The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
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Gospel music played a huge part of my life. I was too scared to audition for the choir, but through my own music, I was also able to find spirituality for myself.
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The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.
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They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny.
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Now, I want to remember all this. My life has known days of innocence when I had only to close my eyes in order not to see.
