Anna Funder Quotes
I wonder, now, about interrogation chambers: why do they think bright light brings the truth out of people? They should try the seduction of shadows, where you cannot watch your words hit their target.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.
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Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.
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People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.
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He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.
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That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
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God had answered her prayer, not with the thing she asked for, but rather the thing she wanted most in her heart.
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I found it very helpful not to do the venture round. Instead, I started with very little money, a few thousand dollars, and I did every job myself. I was the first photographer. I was the first customer service rep. I was the first online marketing person.
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Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.
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I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don't even realize that they're doing it, because it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of what it means to be an American.
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
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I wonder, now, about interrogation chambers: why do they think bright light brings the truth out of people? They should try the seduction of shadows, where you cannot watch your words hit their target.
