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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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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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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And this is what she wants to do to people. Let them have their own lives, until she wants them. Give them the strength of giants, but not the power to control it.
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I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.
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But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.
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On Mars, the crumbling remains of ancient civilizations may be found, mutely testifying to the one-time glory of a dying world.
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Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.
