Niccolo Ammaniti Quotes
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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I cannot be music director at La Scala and at Staatsoper. This would be unfair to one of the two institutions.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'
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To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.
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Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.
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When you do well at an audition, it is the highest high you can achieve because you just beat yourself. You became whatever it was, for a minute. It's a great feeling when that happens.
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The purse strings tie us to our kind.
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Nicht das Bewußtsein bestimmt das Leben, sondern das Leben bestimmt das Bewußtsein.
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Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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John Parsons: What about the women who want babies now and in 10 years won’t be able to have babies? Rather impractical don’t you think?
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid.
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The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.
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Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.
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When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.
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It was growing dusk, the blue hour when solid things take on a certain transparency and phantoms become palpable.
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You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.
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Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.
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The two divinest things this world has got,A lovely woman in a rural spot!
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It's men you should be afraid of, not monsters.
