Charlene Spretnak Quotes
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers.
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Life is always a problem. The fact that I'm on the radio saying that I don't necessarily see hope does not relieve people, does not relieve my son, does not relieve children, of the responsibility to struggle.
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Desolate-Life is so dreary and desolate-Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle,Yet with itself every soul standeth single,Deep out of sympathy moaning its moan-Holding and having its brief exultation-Making its lonesome and low lamentation-Fighting its terrible conflicts alone.
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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
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My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences.
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If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me.
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We have barely tapped the power that is ours. We are more than we know.
