Niklas Luhmann Quotes
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.
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I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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I'm a mac and cheese freak. Homemade or from the blue box, I'm not picky!
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Men are my bread and butter. It's what I live for! I have no shame about that.
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I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.
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If I'm dancing, or teaching, or having a family I would want to live life to the fullest as possible.
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Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.
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Towards the end of the eighteenth century the industrial-financial revolution began.
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We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.
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Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct.
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Since it has no boundaries, the world is not a system.
