Cees Nooteboom Quotes
I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.
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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
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I believe much of the pain of a breakup comes from having a life plan that you have fallen in love with. When it does not work out, you become angry that you now have to pursue a new life plan.
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Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.
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I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward really expensive experiences. Club music is for everyone, and it drives me crazy that people are getting priced out.
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I'm working class. Not because my family have always been skint or because I'm from the grim north, but because I am from a class of people who believe in work. In paying their way.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one – only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.
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If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.
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In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
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I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
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I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.
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Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.
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People always ask me, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi.
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In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.
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I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
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I want to be the girl who has a positive influence on people's lifestyle. I don't want to be the girl who has an eating disorder, and that's why she looks the way she looks.
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Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting.
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I am attracted to dumb people.
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Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
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The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
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When people grow up in atmospheres of violence or atmospheres of poverty, they don't normally use hi-falutin' language to describe those things. They would describe some brutal event the same way we would describe getting a taxi or missing the bus.
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I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.
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The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.
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I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other.
