William Shakespeare Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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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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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
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I never analyze why I was with one woman instead of another.
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I know the Commies were choirboys by comparison—the Nazis at least had a modicum of appreciation for the art they plundered during their days here.
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The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
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It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby.
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More matter with less art.
