W. G. Sebald Quotes
Only in the books written in earlier times did she sometimes think she found some faint idea of what it might be like to be alive.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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The Qur'an, throughout all of its verses, aims mainly to establish and confirm four basic, universal truths: the existence and Oneness of the Maker of the universe; Prophethood; bodily Resurrection; and worship and justice.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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My record speaks for itself.
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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
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I wasn't a comic book aficionado at all when I was a kid, but my cousin Weed was. Every time we went to visit him on the farm, he had two really fun things: comedy albums and comic books.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.
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When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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Detraction paves the way for the very perfections which it doubts and denies.
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Our spiritual mission is not to ignore the darkness, but to bring light TO the darkness. Ignoring darkness does not dispel it; only the light does. That is the difference between denial and transcendence.
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I was raised by a single mother, and she felt the Japanese education system, albeit wonderful, keeps you in a certain range. You have to be better than this level but below this level.
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I've yet to find the exact word to describe the enjoyment that an evening spent riffling through old pattern books can bring.
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Only in the books written in earlier times did she sometimes think she found some faint idea of what it might be like to be alive.
