Halldor Laxness Quotes
I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
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I didn't start off as a journalist; I started off as a poet. My ambition was to practise poetry. Then I found journalism, but that other voice never fled from me.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.
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I can't think of a society on Earth where people don't take drugs that any of us would want anything to do with.
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Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.
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I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
