Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes
Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went unpunished. It is as true today as it was ten thousand years ago that a Power from which the magic virtue has gone out, falls.
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Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.
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I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.
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You're never really cancer-free and I should have known that.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
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For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.
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There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
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You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.
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Big nations should not bully smaller ones. Disputes should be resolved peacefully.
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True believers aren’t real receptive to the idea that what they’re telling you is just mythology.
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I want London to be the global sporting capital.
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We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.
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On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.
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Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went unpunished. It is as true today as it was ten thousand years ago that a Power from which the magic virtue has gone out, falls.
