Fausto Cercignani Quotes
Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.
Quotes to Explore
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.
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We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
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The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
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I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.
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It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.
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Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.
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I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.
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'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.
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No one can keep a secret better than a child.
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.
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A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.
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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'
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To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should never be established in it.
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Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.
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Customer freedom! Don't dictate how I want to watch my TV!
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Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity.
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But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.
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If people watch 'Broad City' very closely, we just drop lines about people we love, just to say we like them.
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When I have dinner, I get off my phone, smell my food, and chew it well.
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Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.
