William Pfaff Quotes
The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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I've failed once or twice real big, independent.
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I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.
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I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
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I try to eat fruit and be healthy.
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And if there is one thing that he and this year’s anniversary should teach us, if there’s one lesson I hope that Malia and Sasha and young people everywhere learn from this day, it’s that with enough effort, and enough empathy, and enough perseverance, and enough courage, people who love their country can change it.
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The tantra masters are simply wild flowers, they have everything in them.
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The essence of the desert is that you are free to create your own world, your own visionary reality. … Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.
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No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.
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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.
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My parents were very well read. They were both New Englanders, not highly educated, but they had a sophisticated... they were both very humanistic, and they were sophisticated readers.
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Our culture has changed. It has become more violent. People are literally afraid to go to the movies or to school.
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I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.
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Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.
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I do not doubt that it would be easier for fate to take away your suffering than it would for me. But you will see for yourself that much has been gained if we succeed in turning your hysterical misery into common unhappiness.
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The values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.
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The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.
