Nicolas Gomez Davila Quotes
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.
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I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
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I was born free.
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And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.
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I think the real needs in the country are for cultural renewal.
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Paul Krugman is a danger to society!
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The difference between that which is ascribed to God and that which is ascribed to man is expressed in the words... 'And your ways are not my ways.' (Is. lv. 8-9)
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Politics is a game of compromise.
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...words were said that could not be put right again...
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What man would not be a dancer if he could, said the judge. It’s a great thing, the dance.
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Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
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Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929.
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To this day, if you gave me $1,000, I really can't stand up - You can tell a joke. You're a good storyteller and a good joke teller.
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With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives.
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Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
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Personally, I think there's a lot to recommend being friends with your ex, and I'm glad to admit that I'm living proof of its possibility.
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I definitely am a performer, and there are different styles of stand-up; I mean, some people are writers and they get onstage to get jokes out, and that's definitely not what I do. I like to just go up and, if I'm telling a story about someone, I'll play his or her part.
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The danger of that - and there's a grave danger that I, myself, have to be very aware of - is that you become so involved and intrigued in the language that sometimes you lose track that that is only a means to an aesthetic experience that the listener has to get.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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The modern dance is no dance in the first place, and when you've finally learned it, it's not modern any more.
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If civilization had been left in female hands we would still be living in grass huts.
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Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.
