W. G. Sebald Quotes
No matter whether one is flying over Newfoundland or the sea of lights that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia after nightfall, over the Arabian deserts which gleam like mother-of-pearl, over the Ruhr or the city of Frankfurt, it is as though there were no people, only the things they have made and in which they are hiding.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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Men are very emotionally dependent upon women from the day they are born to the day they expire.
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People forget at the time that 'The Simpsons' started out, it was controversial - the fact that they said 'hell' and 'damn' in a cartoon was a lot. America was in an uproar.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they're usually somebody's. You know, I'm not wearing Kmart.
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Those who fight in God's cause will be victorious.
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No matter whether one is flying over Newfoundland or the sea of lights that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia after nightfall, over the Arabian deserts which gleam like mother-of-pearl, over the Ruhr or the city of Frankfurt, it is as though there were no people, only the things they have made and in which they are hiding.
