Olive Schreiner Quotes
The nations which have received and in any way dealt fairly and mercifully with the Jew have prospered, and the nations that have tortured and oppressed him have written out their own curse.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.
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Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, 'Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.'
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Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
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If a marker were to be erected today, it might read, in homage to his scientific courage: 'He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions.'
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HuhI can't turn you loose now. If I do I'm gonna loose my life. OohI can't turn you loose now. If I do I'm gonna loose my life. I can't turn you loose to nobodyI love you baby, yes I do. Give shakin' mama, I told ya. I'm in love with only you. Gotta Baby do it baby why don't yaI'll give ya everything you want.
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A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.
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You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.
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I'm a geek! I'm a fan girl; I'm very proud of that. Get me near Orlando Jones, it will not be pretty.
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'Teen Vogue' fortunately has proved you can have smart, political, and fashionable content delivered in one place, and you don't have to choose.
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For online universities, like Liverpool and the University of Phoenix, if prices drop by 60%, they still make money. But for the vast majority of traditional universities, if the prices fall by 10%, they are bankrupt; they have no wriggle room.
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Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows.
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Wendy Malick and Valerie Bertinelli make fun of me, but I take care of my health - I don't abuse it.
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We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.
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I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries.
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I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled.
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Too much reality can be a dazzle, a surfeit;Too close immediacy an exhaustion
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If a girl comes on strong and says, 'I really dig your body and I want to f**k the sh*t out of you,' I just decide whether or not I like her. If I do take her home, I try to make sure I get just as much out of it as she does. The word exploited therefore wouldn't apply.
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The nations which have received and in any way dealt fairly and mercifully with the Jew have prospered, and the nations that have tortured and oppressed him have written out their own curse.
