Charles Issawi Quotes
The total amount of evil in any system remains constant. Hence, any diminution in one direction - for instance, a reduction in poverty or unemployment - is accompanied by an increase in another, e.g., crime or air pollution.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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Taleggio is the perfect cheese to melt over a warm dish.
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I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bond girl before me ever had. They put me in a wig at the beginning of the film, and then had my character cut her hair to pretend to be someone else. That was to explain why my hair was short.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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The business breeds such a deep insecurity. It's the nature of the beast, and there is nothing you can do to get away from that.
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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I adapt my workouts to what my needs are.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.
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There's nothing I hate more than gritty, linty, mysterious pocket schmutz in the cap of my lip moisturizer - or, even worse, on the applicator itself. I shudder at the thought.
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When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
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The bullying powers use different excuses to prevent transfer of science and technology and progress of the nations of our region.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Usually, I'll just be walking from my house to somewhere else, and melodies and words will start coming up, and I'll have to run home to write it all down.
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There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.
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I used to go to the supermarket dressed as Peter Pan when I was about five years old.
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Faith is nothing but obedience and piety.
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For one cannot assume that God exists to help people who are too cowardly and too lazy to help themselves and think that God exists only to make up for the weakness of mankind. He does not exist for that purpose. He has always, at all times, blessed only those who were prepared to fight their own battles.
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Religion has a good place and it has its good people.
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The total amount of evil in any system remains constant. Hence, any diminution in one direction - for instance, a reduction in poverty or unemployment - is accompanied by an increase in another, e.g., crime or air pollution.
