Cesare Pavese Quotes
Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there?
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support various causes such as education, sanitation, health. But selling costly drugs at affordable prices is philanthropy in itself.
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Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the big city.
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I'm not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren't perfect.
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Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.
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If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking.
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If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
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That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
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The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.
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The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.
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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.
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Please don't hide under your inner awesome... The world needs it!
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Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.
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Why so much innuendo, draped like ivy to hide a cesspool, when everyone knew the cesspool was there?
